The Montano Surname
Montano Name Meaning and History
- Spanish and Portuguese: nickname or topographic name from the adjective montano ‘from the mountains’.
- Italian: topographic name from Italian montano ‘mountain’, or a habitational name from a place called Montano, in particular Montano Antilia in Salerno province, or the district of Caianello in Caserta so named.
- Italian: from the personal name Montano, from Latin montanus ‘mountain dweller’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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