Montegu Surname

1,144,405th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 210 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Montegu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Montegu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France1641:405,01759,459
Chile301:587,21614,299
Argentina81:5,342,927168,491
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
England11:55,718,059489,080
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

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

Montegu Last Name Facts

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

Montegu is most common in France. It may be found as a variant: Montégu. Click here for further possible spellings of Montegu.

How Common Is The Last Name Montegu? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,144,405th most widespread last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 34,702,600 people. The last name Montegu is predominantly found in Europe, where 64 percent of Montegu live; 63 percent live in Western Europe and 63 percent live in Gallo-Europe.

This surname is most commonly used in France, where it is borne by 164 people, or 1 in 405,017. In France it is primarily found in: Normandy, where 24 percent are found, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 23 percent are found and Réunion, where 20 percent are found. Without taking into account France this last name occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in Chile, where 14 percent are found and Argentina, where 4 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Montégu956/
Montegut93596/
Montegus931/
Monteagut8838/
Monteagud8813/
Montesgut881/
Montagu861,539/
Mantegu861/
Montigu860/
Monteaguth821/
Montaigu80409/
Mantegau8031/
Montégut8023/
Montagou802/
Montigut801/
Montigaud75271/
Montaigut7555/
Munthengu758/
Mantagu712/
Montagú711/
Montigoe671/
Mannntigu631/

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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 Montegu
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