Monte History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
Noble surnames, such as Monte, evoke images of the ancient homeland of the Spanish people. The original bearer of the name Monte, 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 Monte 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.
Early Origins of the Monte family
The surname Monte was first found in the Basque region of northern Spain in a hamlet near Berantevilla in Álava.
Early History of the Monte family
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Monte Spelling Variations
Spelling variations of this family name include: Montoya, de Montoya, Monte, Montes, de Montes, Móntez, Montez, Montero, Monteros, de los Monteros, Montecillo, Montejo, de Montejo, Mont, Montaña, Montana, Montaño and many more.
Early Notables of the Monte family
Prominent among members of the family
- were seventeenth century Spanish writer Román Montero Espinosa
- nineteenth century Spanish bullfighter Francisco Montes, known as "Paquiro"
- nineteenth century Bolivian politician Ismael Montes
- nineteenth century Spanish composer Juan de Montes
- nineteenth century Peruvian painter Luis Montero
- nineteenth century Peruvian politician Lisardo Montero
- nineteenth century Spanish ballerina Lola Montes
Monte Ranking
In the United States, the name Monte is the 7,813rd most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1
Monte migration to the United States +
Some of the first settlers of this family name were:
Monte Settlers in United States in the 16th Century
- brothers Pedro and Francisco Monte, moved to America in 1528
- Pedro Monte, settled in Nombre de Dios, Panama in 1538
Monte Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
- Marcos Monte, aged 30, who arrived in New Orleans, La in 1831 2
- Pedro Monte, who landed in Nombre de Dios, Panama in 1838 2
- Juan Francisco Monte, who arrived in Puerto Rico in 1860 2
Contemporary Notables of the name Monte (post 1700) +
- Peter Monte, American politician, Candidate for Connecticut State House of Representatives from Guilford, 1934 3
- Henry Monte Beville (1875-1955), American Major League Baseball player
- La Monte Cowles (b. 1859), American Republican politician, Member of Iowa State Senate, 1911-13; Delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa, 1912 (alternate), 1916 3
- Monte Hellman (1929-2021), born Monte Jay Himmelman, an American film director, producer, writer, and editor
- Monte Wolverton (b. 1948), American editorial cartoonist from Vancouver, Washington
- Monte Friedkin, American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, 2000 4
- Monte Carmelo Castillo (1958-2015), Dominican Major League Baseball right-handed outfielder for the Cleveland Indians and Minnesota Twins from 1982 to 1991
- Monte Zucker (d. 2007), American photographer, Brides Magazine's Wedding Photographer of the Year for 1990 and United Nations Photographer of the Year for 2002
- Monte Corwin Towe (b. 1953), American basketball coach and retired player
- Monte Pfeffer (1891-1941), American Major League Baseball infielder
Citations +
- "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
- Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
- The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 13) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
- The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 30) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html