Find out how popular the last name Montolio is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Montolio.

Montolio, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Montolio surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Montolio in America

Montolio is the 118185th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Montolio surname appeared 147 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Montolio.

We can also compare 2010 data for Montolio to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Montolio

The surname Montolio is of Italian origin, believed to have originated in the region of Tuscany during the late medieval period, around the 13th or 14th century. It is derived from the Italian words "monte" meaning hill or mountain, and "olio" meaning oil, potentially referencing a hilltop location known for olive oil production.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Montolio can be found in the historical records of the town of Fiesole, near Florence, where a family bearing this surname resided in the 15th century. A notable figure from this era was Giulio Montolio, a wealthy merchant and landowner who lived between 1432 and 1498.

In the 16th century, the name appears in the records of the city of Siena, where a branch of the Montolio family had established themselves. Pietro Montolio, born in 1525, was a renowned painter and frescoist whose works can still be admired in several churches throughout Tuscany.

The Montolio name also has roots in the northern Italian region of Piedmont, where it is believed to have been introduced by a family that migrated from Tuscany in the 17th century. One notable figure from this era was Giovanni Battista Montolio, a skilled architect who designed several notable buildings in Turin between 1650 and 1712.

As the Montolio family spread across Italy, the name underwent various spelling variations, including Montoglio, Montollio, and Montollio. In the late 18th century, a member of the family named Carlo Montolio gained recognition as a distinguished jurist and legal scholar in Venice, publishing several influential treatises on civil law between 1772 and 1829.

Another noteworthy individual bearing the Montolio surname was Giancarlo Montolio, a renowned musicologist and composer who lived in Naples during the 19th century, from 1812 to 1885. His compositions and scholarly works on Italian opera and musical theory garnered him widespread acclaim across Europe.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Montolio

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Montolio.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Montolio was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Montolio has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Montolio was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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