Mountan Surname
Approximately 127 people bear this surname
Mountan Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the mountain.' Not very common in England, as we have but few mountains to boast of. But Hill and Hills have made up for any deficiency, even if they sound more modest; compare the French 'de la Montaigne.
Read More About This SurnameMountan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 91 | 1:3,983,065 | 216,270 |
| Canada | 32 | 1:1,151,425 | 83,867 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 5 | 1:4,875,074 | 116,529 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:1,568,416 | 19,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 23 | 1:2,183,421 | 107,224 |
Mountan Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the mountain.' Not very common in England, as we have but few mountains to boast of. But Hill and Hills have made up for any deficiency, even if they sound more modest; compare the French 'de la Montaigne.' No doubt in some cases this has been Anglicized to Mountain. Mr. Lower (Patr. Brit) furnishes an instance of 'de Montaigne' settling as Mountain in Norfolk after the Edict of Nantes.
Hugh de Muntein, Salop, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
William de Muntein, Oxfordshire, ibid.
Hugh supra Montem, Oxfordshire, ibid.
Matilda supra Montem, Oxfordshire, ibid.
1618. John Dentithe gold-weaver, and Elizabeth Mountaine: Marriage Lic.(London).
1767. Married — John Cooper and Elizabeth Mountain: St. George, Hanover Square.
( Anglo-French-Latin ) Dweller at a Mountain [Old French montaine (mod. montagne), Low Latin montanea; Latin montana, a hilly district] Montagne-Fayel is in the Somme Dept.
1. From residence near one. In H.R. Supra Montem. 2. Monsieur de Montaigne, probably grandson, and certainly heir to the estates, of Michael de Montaigne, the great French essayist, escaped from France at the Rev. of the Edict of Nantes, and settled in Norfolk. Jacob his son and successor anglicized the name to its present form.
A name of place. This name once gave occasion to a pun which would have been excellent, had the allusion been made to any other book than the Holy Scriptures. Dr. Mountain, chaplain to Charles II., was asked one day by that monarch to whom he should present a certain bishopric just then vacant. "If you had but faith, sire,"replied he, "I could tell you to whom.""How so,"said Charles, "if I had but faith.""Why, yes,"said the witty cleric, "your majesty might then say to this Mountain, be thou removed into that sea." The chaplain succeeded.
Mountan Demographics
Mountan Religious Adherence
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Mountan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mountan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mountan has its highest incidence in The United States. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mountan? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,596,935th most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 57,382,251 people. The surname Mountan occurs mostly in The Americas, where 97 percent of Mountan are found; 97 percent are found in North America and 97 percent are found in Anglo-North America.
This surname is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 91 people, or 1 in 3,983,065. In The United States Mountan is most common in: Pennsylvania, where 29 percent live, Montana, where 18 percent live and California, where 12 percent live. Outside of The United States it is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 25 percent live and England, where 2 percent live.
Mountan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Mountan has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Mountan surname increased 396 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it declined 40 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Mountan Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Mountan surname is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Mountan last name are 23.82% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 70.59% registered with the political party.
The amount Mountan earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 14.71% less than the national average, earning $36,800 USD per year and in Canada they earn 21.22% less than the national average, earning $39,140 CAD per year.
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