Montalbán Surname

1,565,797th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 131 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Spain
Highest density in:
Spain

Montalbán Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Montalbán Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Spain911:513,75925,575
Peru81:3,973,01532,693
Costa Rica71:682,8675,051
Chile41:4,404,11844,633
Cuba41:2,880,67910,064
Mexico41:31,031,55163,627
Argentina31:14,247,805235,975
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
France11:66,422,722504,397
England11:55,718,059489,080
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210

The alternate forms: Montalban (24,148) are calculated separately.

Montalbán Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Montalbán Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Montalbán occurs in Spain more than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant: Montalban. For other potential spellings of Montalbán click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Montalbán? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,565,797th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 55,630,121 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 73 percent of Montalbán reside; 70 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 69 percent reside in Iberian Europe.

This last name is most prevalent in Spain, where it is borne by 91 people, or 1 in 513,759. In Spain Montalbán is most prevalent in: Madrid, where 33 percent live, Murcia, where 15 percent live and Andalusia, where 12 percent live. Apart from Spain it is found in 16 countries. It is also common in Peru, where 6 percent live and Costa Rica, where 5 percent live.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Montalbán
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