Montez

Montez is the 3,661st most common surname in the United States, shared by 9,451 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 31,600.

By the numbers

People: 9,451
Rank: 3,661st
How common: 1 in 31,600
Per 100,000: 3.2

Who bears the name

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

Hispanic or Latino 85.6%
White, not Hispanic 10.5%
Black, not Hispanic 1.3%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 1.3%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.8%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.7%

Notable people called Montez

Lola Montez (1821–1861)Irish dancer and actress
Maria Montez (1912–1951)Dominican actress
Chris Montez (born 1943)American musician of Mexican parents

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

Surnames like Montez

Also a first name

Montez has been given to 3,942 American babies as a first name since 1907, peaking in 1991. 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.