Montana

Montana is the 7,333rd most common surname in the United States, shared by 4,380 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 68,200.

By the numbers

People: 4,380
Rank: 7,333rd
How common: 1 in 68,200
Per 100,000: 1.5

Where the name comes from

Origin Spanish

the surname from Spanish Montaña topographic surname.

Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Montana described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 55.7%
Hispanic or Latino 32.8%
Black, not Hispanic 3.5%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 2.7%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 2.7%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 2.7%

Notable people called Montana

Joe Montana (born 1956)American football player
French Montana (born 1984)Moroccan and American rapper
Amber Montana (born 1998)American child actress
Cyril Montana (born 1969)French writer and journalist
Jorge López Montaña (born 1978)Spanish footballer
Lenny Montana (1926–1992)American professional wrestler and actor
Patsy Montana (1908–1996)American country music singer-songwriter
Íñigo López Montaña (born 1982)Spanish footballer

People named Montana with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Montana

Also a first name

Montana has been given to 12,855 American babies as a first name since 1910, peaking in 1998. See it as a given name.

Try it on yourself

Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.