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

Montreal, 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 Montreal surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Montreal in America

Montreal is the 102688th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Montreal surname appeared 175 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 Montreal.

We can also compare 2010 data for Montreal 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 Montreal

The surname MONTREAL is an occupational surname derived from the French city of Montreal, which itself is named after the triple-peaked hill known as Mont Royal (or Mount Royal in English). The name originated in the 17th century when French settlers began to colonize the area around this hill on the Island of Montreal.

The first recorded use of the surname MONTREAL can be traced back to the early years of French settlement in what is now Quebec, Canada. Some of the earliest records of the name appear in the census records and parish registers of the seigneuries (land grants) around Montreal in the late 1600s and early 1700s.

While the name itself is derived from a place name, it is believed to have been used as an occupational surname for individuals who worked in professions related to the city of Montreal, such as merchants, traders, or those involved in the fur trade or other economic activities centered around the city.

One of the earliest recorded individuals with the surname MONTREAL was Jacques MONTREAL, born around 1670 in the parish of Notre-Dame-de-Montréal. He is listed in the census records of the seigneurie of Île Jésus (now part of Laval, Quebec) in the late 17th century.

Another notable bearer of the surname was Pierre MONTREAL, a fur trader and explorer who was active in the Great Lakes region in the early 18th century. He is mentioned in several historical accounts of the French exploration and fur trade activities in the region.

In the late 18th century, during the period of British rule in Canada, the surname MONTREAL appears in records of French-Canadian families who settled in various parts of what is now Ontario, such as the Eastern Townships and the Ottawa Valley.

One such individual was François MONTREAL, who was born in 1785 in the seigneurie of Lachine, near Montreal, and later migrated to the Ottawa Valley region in the early 19th century.

In the 19th century, the surname MONTREAL can be found in various parts of Canada and the United States, as French-Canadian families continued to migrate and settle in new areas. Notable bearers of the name during this period include Joseph MONTREAL, a farmer and landowner in the Eastern Townships region of Quebec, born in 1820.

While the surname MONTREAL is not particularly widespread or common, it has a rich history rooted in the early French colonization of Canada and the economic and cultural significance of the city of Montreal in the 17th and 18th centuries.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Montreal

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

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 Montreal 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 Montreal 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 Montreal was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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