How common is the last name Montoya?

70,671 people in the United States have the last name Montoya, about 1 in 4,229. It ranks #457 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

MONTOYA

#457

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
70,671
About
1 in 4,229
This common or more
31%
Who bears it

Of the 70,671 people with the last name Montoya, 87.6% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 8.9% as White and 1.5% as American Indian or Alaska Native. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Montoya

#455 Gross · 70,852#456 Burgess · 70,718#458 Franco · 70,637#459 Harmon · 70,550

Spelled almost the same

7 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Montoya, most common first.

#18,866 Monty · 1,442#61,890 Monto · 350#63,720 Montoy · 338#70,545 Monta · 299#80,054 Montey · 256#116,774 Montaya · 158#137,553 Montoyo · 126

Also a first name

As a first name, Montoya ranks #18,161 of 53,615, with 596 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1978, with 36 births. See Montoya as a first name

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