Last Name MONTANEZ

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Meaning	User submitted: Noble surnames, such as Montanez, evoke images of the ancient homeland of the Spanish people. The original bearer of the name Montanez, which is a local surname, once lived, held land, or was born in the beautiful region of Spain. In Spain, hereditary surnames were adopted according to fairly general rules and during the late Middle Ages, names that were derived from localities became increasingly widespread. Local names originally denoted the proprietorship of the village or estate. The Montanez family originally lived in a mountainous region of that province. This local name was originally derived from the Spanish word monte, which means hill or wooded upland.

Origin	Spanish

Rank	2,656 (2000 US census)	2,437 (1990 US census)

Count	12,482 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

5.17%, or 645 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
0.9%, or 112 total occurrences, as black,
0.53%, or 66 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.18%, or 22 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
0.42%, or 52 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
92.81%, or 11585 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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