Montañez Surname
Approximately 71,934 people bear this surname
Montañez Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 19,578 | 1:6,340 | 763 |
| Colombia | 15,657 | 1:3,051 | 535 |
| Philippines | 9,238 | 1:10,959 | 1,062 |
| Puerto Rico | 8,560 | 1:415 | 85 |
| Peru | 6,772 | 1:4,693 | 767 |
| Venezuela | 6,323 | 1:4,777 | 604 |
| Spain | 2,947 | 1:15,864 | 1,806 |
| Argentina | 2,145 | 1:19,927 | 1,685 |
| Paraguay | 243 | 1:29,781 | 1,026 |
| Uruguay | 171 | 1:20,069 | 2,291 |
| Panama | 98 | 1:39,921 | 2,114 |
| Dominican Republic | 54 | 1:193,202 | 7,170 |
| United States | 53 | 1:6,838,848 | 318,712 |
| Chile | 34 | 1:518,132 | 13,148 |
| Ecuador | 32 | 1:497,058 | 10,858 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| Guatemala | 5 | 1:3,216,534 | 7,141 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Costa Rica | 2 | 1:2,390,034 | 10,205 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
The alternate forms: Montanez (16,921), Montañéz (9), Montańez (2), Montáñez (2), Montánez (1), Moñtanez (1) & Montanéz (1) are calculated separately.
Montañez (15) may also be a first name.
Montañez Demographics
Average Montañez Salary in
Colombia
$23,235,800 COP
Per year
Average Salary in
Colombia
$22,702,486 COP
Per year
Montañez Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Montañez Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Montañez is more frequently found in Mexico than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms: Montanez, Montañéz, Montańez, Montáñez, Montánez, Moñtanez or Montanéz. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Montañez? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 7,895th most common family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 101,309 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 83 percent of Montañez are found; 44 percent are found in South America and 31 percent are found in Caribbean South America. It is also the 2,900,335th most frequently occurring forename worldwide. It is borne by 15 people.
The surname Montañez is most common in Mexico, where it is carried by 19,578 people, or 1 in 6,340. In Mexico it is primarily found in: Chihuahua, where 14 percent reside, Aguascalientes, where 13 percent reside and Michoacán, where 11 percent reside. Besides Mexico Montañez is found in 30 countries. It is also found in Colombia, where 22 percent reside and The Philippines, where 13 percent reside.
Montañez Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Montañez earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Peru they earn 6.85% less than the national average, earning S/. 18,058 per year and in Colombia they earn 2.35% more than the national average, earning $23,235,800 COP 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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Montañez
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