Explore the Family Name De Monte

The meaning of De Monte

Italian: possibly a topographic name from monte ‘hill’ (from Latin mons, genitive montis), with the preposition de ‘from’. Some characteristic forenames: Italian Vito, Donato, Domenico, Emanuele, Francesco, Giovanna, Nicola, Primo, Rocco.

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How common is the last name De Monte in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the De Monte surname was noted to decrease slightly in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it ranked 22,505th in terms of frequency and slipped to 23,866th by 2010, marking a 6.05% drop. The actual count of people bearing the name also marginally decreased from 1,067 to 1,058, a change of -0.84%. This reflected in the proportion per 100,000 people which also fell by 10% from 0.4 to 0.36.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#22,505	#23,866	-6.05%
Count	1,067	1,058	-0.84%
Proportion per 100k	0.4	0.36	-10%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name De Monte

The Decennial U.S. Census data shows some shift in the ethnic identity of individuals carrying the De Monte surname from 2000 to 2010. While the majority identified as White (94% in 2000 and 91.68% in 2010), there were significant changes in other categories. The percentage of De Montes identifying as Black more than doubled from 1.31% to 2.74%, while those listing themselves as Hispanic grew by 13.75% to reach 3.31%. Additionally, the percentage of De Montes claiming two or more ethnic identities increased by nearly 30%, from 1.31% to 1.70%. There were no De Montes who identified as Asian/Pacific Islander or American Indian and Alaskan Native during these years.

	2000	2010	Change
White	94%	91.68%	-2.47%
Hispanic	2.91%	3.31%	13.75%
Black	1.31%	2.74%	109.16%
Two or More Races	1.31%	1.7%	29.77%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%