Montanchez Surname

295,000th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,293 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Colombia
Highest density in:
Colombia

Montanchez Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Montanchez Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Colombia8701:54,9132,678
Peru2631:120,8527,091
Spain1031:453,90323,687
United States291:12,498,584473,286
Ecuador211:757,42112,901
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459

The alternate forms: Montánchez (6) are calculated separately.

Montanchez Last Name Facts

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

The last name Montanchez is found in Colombia more than any other country or territory. It can be found as: Montánchez. For other potential spellings of Montanchez click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Montanchez? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 295,000th most commonly held surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 5,636,153 people. The last name Montanchez occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 92 percent of Montanchez live; 89 percent live in South America and 67 percent live in Caribbean South America.

The surname is most prevalent in Colombia, where it is borne by 870 people, or 1 in 54,913. In Colombia it is most frequent in: Nariño Department, where 85 percent are found, Valle del Cauca Department, where 7 percent are found and Cauca Department, where 2 percent are found. Barring Colombia this surname occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in Peru, where 20 percent are found and Spain, where 8 percent are found.

Montanchez Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Montanchez last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 100% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Montanchez earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 22.96% more than the national average, earning S/. 23,836 per year; in Colombia they earn 20.55% less than the national average, earning $18,037,600 COP per year and in United States they earn 69.09% more than the national average, earning $72,961 USD per year.

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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 Montanchez
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