| ![Show Contents]() Montejo History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
Etymology of MontejoWhat does the name Montejo mean? Noble surnames, such as Montejo, evoke images of the ancient homeland of the Spanish people. The original bearer of the name Montejo, 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 Montejo 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 Montejo familyThe surname Montejo was first found in the Basque region of northern Spain in a hamlet near Berantevilla in Álava. Early History of the Montejo familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Montejo research. Another 194 words (14 lines of text) covering the years 1289, 1479, 1508, 1514, 1553, 1565, 1572, 1644 and 1645 are included under the topic Early Montejo History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Montejo Spelling VariationsSpelling 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 Montejo family- Francisco de Montejo (c. 1479-1553), Spanish conquistador in Mexico and Central America
- Francisco de Montejo the Younger (1508-1565), Spanish conquistador
- Francisco de Montejo (the Nephew) (1514-1572), Spanish conquistador
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Montejo Settlers in United States in the 15th Century- Francisco de Montejo (1479-1548), who voyaged to America with Pedrárias Dávila. He later accompanied Hernán Cortés to Mexico, and became governor of Veracruz
Montejo Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- Francisco De Montejo, who arrived in America in 1827 1
- Florentino Montejo, who landed in Puerto Rico in 1879 1
| Contemporary Notables of the name Montejo (post 1700) | + |
- Alberto Montejo (b. 1988), Spanish footballer
- Mario Montejo, Filipino engineer and government administrator
- Eugenio Montejo (1938-2008), Venezuelan poet and essay writer
- Esteban Montejo (1868-1973), Cuban enslaved person who escaped to freedom
- Eduardo Santos Montejo (1888-1974), leading Colombian publisher and politician
- Consuelo Salgar de Montejo (1928-2002), Colombian journalist, advertising executive, media entrepreneur, and politician
- Andrés Llinás Montejo (b. 1997), Colombian professional footballer
- Carmen Montejo (1925-2013), Cuban and Mexican actress
- Dorothy Montejo Gonzaga, Filipino politician who has been the governor of Davao de Oro since 2022
- 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)
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