Montorfano Surname

198,981st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,100 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Italy
Highest density in:
Paraguay

Montorfano Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Montorfano Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Italy1,2441:49,1618,842
Argentina4381:97,5888,221
Paraguay2491:29,0631,011
Switzerland831:98,95110,605
Chile311:568,27313,994
France211:3,162,987209,042
Brazil131:16,467,256295,032
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
England11:55,718,059489,080
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Australia11:26,995,701270,794

The alternate forms: Montórfano (4) are calculated separately.

Montorfano Last Name Facts

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

Montorfano has its highest incidence in Italy. It can also occur in the variant forms: Montórfano. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Montorfano? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 198,981st most commonly used family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 3,470,260 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 64 percent of Montorfano are found; 63 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 63 percent are found in Italic Europe.

This surname is most widely held in Italy, where it is carried by 1,244 people, or 1 in 49,161. In Italy Montorfano is most frequent in: Lombardy, where 99 percent are found, Veneto, where 0 percent are found and Piedmont, where 0 percent are found. Barring Italy this last name exists in 16 countries. It also occurs in Argentina, where 21 percent are found and Paraguay, where 12 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Montórfano974/
Montorfani90106/
Montarfano902/
Montorvino8015/
Montervan743/
Montrivan741/
Monte Rufino731/
Montervino70364/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Montorfano
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