Montañéz Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Puerto Rico
Highest density in:
Puerto Rico

Montañéz Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Montañéz Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Puerto Rico51:710,0284,074
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Montanéz (1), Montanez (16,921), Montańez (2), Montáñez (2), Montánez (1) & Moñtanez (1) are calculated separately.

Montañéz Last Name Facts

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

The surname Montañéz occurs more in Puerto Rico more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Montanéz, Montanez, Montańez, Montáñez, Montánez or Moñtanez. For other potential spellings of Montañéz click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Montañéz? popularity and diffusion

It is the 6,360,413th most frequently occurring family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. The surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 89 percent of Montañéz live; 56 percent live in Caribbean and 56 percent live in Hispano-Caribbean.

It is most frequent in Puerto Rico, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 710,028. In Puerto Rico Montañéz is most frequent in: Humacao, where 100 percent live. Apart from Puerto Rico this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Colombia, where 11 percent live and Mexico, where 11 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 Montañéz
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