Montava Surname

466,165th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 722 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Spain
Highest density in:
Spain

Montava Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Montava Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Spain6021:77,6616,755
France1041:638,68083,098
Argentina41:10,685,854219,200
Mexico41:31,031,55163,627
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
England21:27,859,030389,889
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861

Montava Last Name Facts

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

Montava is found in Spain more than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Montava? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 466,165th most prevalent last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 10,093,554 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Montava reside; 83 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 83 percent reside in Iberian Europe.

The surname Montava is most commonly occurring in Spain, where it is held by 602 people, or 1 in 77,661. In Spain Montava is most frequent in: Valencian Community, where 81 percent reside, Catalonia, where 13 percent reside and Andalusia, where 2 percent reside. Barring Spain it occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in France, where 14 percent reside and Argentina, where 1 percent reside.

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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 Montava
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