Montoya

Montoya is the 457th most common surname in the United States, shared by 70,671 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 4,229.

By the numbers

People: 70,671
Rank: 457th
How common: 1 in 4,229
Per 100,000: 23.6

Where the name comes from

Origin Spanish, from Basque

From Spanish Montoya, from Basque Montoia.

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

Who bears the name

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

Hispanic or Latino 87.6%
White, not Hispanic 9.0%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 1.5%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 1.0%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 0.6%
Black, not Hispanic 0.3%

Notable people called Montoya

Juan Pablo Montoya (born 1975)Colombian racing driver; former Formula One driver
Martín Montoya (born 1991)Spanish association football player
Sebastián Montoya (born 2005)Colombian racing driver
Joseph Montoya (1915–1978)American politician
Carlos Montoya (1903–1993)Spanish musician
Al Montoya (born 1985)American ice hockey goaltender
Matilde Montoya (1859–1938)Mexican physician
Daniela Montoya (born 1990)Colombian footballer

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

Surnames like Montoya

Also a first name

Montoya has been given to 639 American babies as a first name since 1962, 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.