Montfort Surname
Approximately 5,673 people bear this surname
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
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 2,326 | 1:28,557 | 3,483 |
| United States | 1,042 | 1:347,849 | 31,215 |
| Malawi | 967 | 1:17,703 | 2,784 |
| Mexico | 369 | 1:336,385 | 7,223 |
| Spain | 312 | 1:149,846 | 11,079 |
| Belgium | 185 | 1:62,144 | 9,994 |
| Netherlands | 84 | 1:201,038 | 27,835 |
| Canada | 76 | 1:484,810 | 41,569 |
| Malta | 54 | 1:7,968 | 513 |
| Switzerland | 41 | 1:200,315 | 17,548 |
| India | 34 | 1:22,560,747 | 316,052 |
| England | 27 | 1:2,063,632 | 79,942 |
| Australia | 26 | 1:1,038,296 | 59,744 |
| Brazil | 24 | 1:8,919,764 | 194,226 |
| Panama | 14 | 1:279,447 | 6,847 |
| Guyana | 10 | 1:76,222 | 5,818 |
| Honduras | 10 | 1:881,644 | 4,379 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| Haiti | 7 | 1:1,526,272 | 14,436 |
| Nicaragua | 6 | 1:1,003,515 | 4,885 |
| Czechia | 6 | 1:1,772,245 | 105,647 |
| Argentina | 5 | 1:8,548,683 | 204,003 |
| Saint Lucia | 5 | 1:35,756 | 1,958 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 12 | 1:369,156 | 13,616 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3 | 1:8,125,123 | 158,686 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 225 | 1:223,194 | 18,933 |
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.
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.
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.
Montfort Demographics
Average Male Montfort Height
176.89 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mountfort | 94 | 583 | / |
| Montfoort | 94 | 219 | / |
| Montforts | 94 | 193 | / |
| Montforte | 94 | 25 | / |
| Montforth | 94 | 7 | / |
| Monntfort | 94 | 0 | / |
| Montfor | 93 | 3 | / |
| Montford | 88 | 3,259 | / |
| Mondfort | 88 | 9 | / |
| Mantfort | 88 | 3 | / |
| Momtfort | 88 | 1 | / |
| Muntfort | 88 | 0 | / |
| Montfortová | 84 | 6 | / |
| Montfortova | 84 | 1 | / |
| Mountford | 82 | 7,964 | / |
| Montforph | 82 | 1 | / |
| Mountfert | 82 | 0 | / |
| Monntford | 82 | 0 | / |
| Montfar | 80 | 74 | / |
| Mountfordd | 78 | 1 | / |
| Mounntford | 78 | 0 | / |
| Mountfourd | 78 | 0 | / |
| Muntford | 75 | 13 | / |
| Mantford | 75 | 2 | / |
| Momtford | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mundfortz | 71 | 18 | / |
| Moundford | 71 | 0 | / |
| Manntford | 71 | 0 | / |
| Mountfordová | 70 | 1 | / |
| Mundford | 63 | 27 | / |
| Mandford | 63 | 3 | / |
| Mumtford | 63 | 0 | / |
| Moundferd | 59 | 0 | / |
Montfort Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Montfort in the Hindi language | ||
| मोनटफोर्ट | monataphorta | - |
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Montfort Reference & Research
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Footnotes
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