Montfort Surname

85,084th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,673 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
Malta

Montfort Surname Definition:

(Anglo-French-Latin) belonging to Montfort (France) = the Strong (Fortified) Hill [French mont, Latin mons, mont-is, a hill + French fort, Latin fort-is,strong] There is a Montfort-sur-Risle in the Eure Dept.

Montfort Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France2,3261:28,5573,483
United States1,0421:347,84931,215
Malawi9671:17,7032,784
Mexico3691:336,3857,223
Spain3121:149,84611,079
Belgium1851:62,1449,994
Netherlands841:201,03827,835
Canada761:484,81041,569
Malta541:7,968513
Switzerland411:200,31517,548
India341:22,560,747316,052
England271:2,063,63279,942
Australia261:1,038,29659,744
Brazil241:8,919,764194,226
Panama141:279,4476,847
Guyana101:76,2225,818
Honduras101:881,6444,379
Germany71:11,500,780305,602
Haiti71:1,526,27214,436
Nicaragua61:1,003,5154,885
Czechia61:1,772,245105,647
Argentina51:8,548,683204,003
Saint Lucia51:35,7561,958
Papua New Guinea51:1,630,743129,019
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
North Macedonia11:2,101,47231,546
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Andorra11:83,8382,381
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
New Caledonia11:276,22310,363
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland121:369,15613,616
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2251:223,19418,933

Montfort (2,260) may also be a first name.

Montfort Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Anglo-French-Latin) belonging to Montfort (France) = the Strong (Fortified) Hill [French mont, Latin mons, mont-is, a hill + French fort, Latin fort-is,strong] There is a Montfort-sur-Risle in the Eure Dept.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Hugh de Montfort, son of Thurstan de Bastenbergh, a Norman, accompanied the Conqueror in 1066, and obtained for his services more than one hundred lordships in Kent, Essex, Suffolk, and Norfolk. There are two places in Normandy called Mont-Fort, situated respectively near Argentan, and near Pont-Audemer. The latter, a fortified town, bore the name anterior to 1050. Itin. de la Normandie. The male line of this noble family became extinct in the XIII. cent.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Montfort: from a place on the Rille, near Brionne, arrondissement of Pont Audemer. Hugh, says Wace, was one of the four knights who mutilated the body of Harold after the battle; he received a barony of 113 English manors. The name remained on as Mountford and Mumford.

Family Names And Their Story (1913) by Sabine Baring-Gould

Montfort Last Name Facts

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

Montfort (Hindi: मोनटफोर्ट) is held by more people in France than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Montfort.

How Common Is The Last Name Montfort? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 85,084th most prevalent surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 1,284,602 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 52 percent of Montfort live; 45 percent live in Western Europe and 43 percent live in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 157,046th most commonly held first name on earth. It is borne by 2,260 people.

The last name Montfort is most frequent in France, where it is carried by 2,326 people, or 1 in 28,557. In France Montfort is most numerous in: Brittany, where 23 percent live, Île-de-France, where 18 percent live and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 11 percent live. Excluding France it is found in 44 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 18 percent live and Malawi, where 17 percent live.

Montfort Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Montfort has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Montfort surname expanded 463 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 900 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Montfort Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Montfort surname is chiefly Anglican (50%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Montfort surname are 4.5% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 57.73% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Montfort earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 7.52% less than the national average, earning $39,905 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.99% more than the national average, earning $51,171 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Montfort Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Montfort in the Hindi language
मोनटफोर्टmonataphorta-

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Montfort Reference & Research

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