Montaño Surname
Approximately 178,757 people bear this surname
Montaño Surname Definition:
Dweller in the mountains, or in a hilly district.
Galician name.
See Montañés, Montes, Montoya.
Montaño Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 56,048 | 1:2,215 | 317 |
| Colombia | 48,138 | 1:992 | 211 |
| Bolivia | 25,079 | 1:423 | 79 |
| Philippines | 17,010 | 1:5,952 | 503 |
| Venezuela | 8,732 | 1:3,459 | 508 |
| Spain | 7,570 | 1:6,176 | 773 |
| Argentina | 4,601 | 1:9,290 | 904 |
| Cuba | 3,742 | 1:3,079 | 422 |
| Dominican Republic | 3,536 | 1:2,950 | 378 |
| Peru | 2,058 | 1:15,444 | 1,952 |
| Ecuador | 788 | 1:20,185 | 2,843 |
| Chile | 746 | 1:23,615 | 1,422 |
| Uruguay | 401 | 1:8,558 | 953 |
| Panama | 151 | 1:25,909 | 1,592 |
| United States | 72 | 1:5,034,152 | 256,679 |
| Costa Rica | 21 | 1:227,622 | 2,745 |
| Canada | 12 | 1:3,070,466 | 169,836 |
| Puerto Rico | 11 | 1:322,740 | 2,767 |
| Brazil | 8 | 1:26,759,292 | 405,030 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| United Arab Emirates | 3 | 1:3,054,091 | 90,853 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 433 | 1:115,978 | 11,432 |
The alternate forms: Montano (74,841), Montańo (2), Moñtaño (1), Montañó (1), Moñtano (3) & Móntano (1) are calculated separately.
Montaño (93) may also be a first name.
Montaño Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Dweller in the mountains, or in a hilly district.
Galician name.
See Montañés, Montes, Montoya.
Montaño Demographics
Average Montaño Salary in
Colombia
$21,899,600 COP
Per year
Average Salary in
Colombia
$22,702,486 COP
Per year
Montaño Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Montaño Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Montaño has its highest incidence in Mexico. It may appear as: Montano, Montańo, Moñtaño, Montañó, Moñtano or Móntano. For other possible spellings of Montaño click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Montaño? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,147th most prevalent family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 40,768 people. This last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 86 percent of Montaño reside; 50 percent reside in South America and 32 percent reside in Caribbean South America. It is also the 986,211th most frequently held first name globally, borne by 93 people.
This surname is most frequent in Mexico, where it is borne by 56,048 people, or 1 in 2,215. In Mexico Montaño is most frequent in: México, where 16 percent reside, Jalisco, where 12 percent reside and Sonora, where 11 percent reside. Other than Mexico it exists in 40 countries. It is also common in Colombia, where 27 percent reside and Bolivia, where 14 percent reside.
Montaño Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Montaño has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Montaño surname contracted 83 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it contracted 50 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Montaño Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Montaño earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Peru they earn 1.45% more than the national average, earning S/. 19,667 per year and in Colombia they earn 3.54% less than the national average, earning $21,899,600 COP per year.
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Footnotes
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