Monteverde
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Monteverde is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Philippines than in any other country. In São Tomé & Príncipe it is the 41st most common surname. Recorded meaning: habitational name from any of various places called Monteverde, for example in Avellino province, from monte ‘mountain’ (Latin mons, gentive montis) -t- verde ‘green’ (Latin viridis).
- VEVenezuela≈1 in 14K(inferred from the name graph)
- PEPeru≈1 in 28K
- PHPhilippines≈1 in 29K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Philippines (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 154 (measured from records)
- 1 in 9.9K (inferred from the name graph)
≈3,800 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Uruguay
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
habitational name from any of various places called Monteverde, for example in Avellino province, from monte ‘mountain’ (Latin mons, gentive montis) -t- verde ‘green’ (Latin viridis).
Sources 1
- Dictionary of American Family Names
Where in the world(measured from records)
Monteverde counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PH Philippines | — | ≈3,800 est. | ≈1 in 29K | — | Monteverde | 41 |
| VE Venezuela | — | ≈2,000 est. | ≈1 in 14K | — | Monteverde | 40 |
| PE Peru | — | ≈1,200 est. | ≈1 in 28K | — | Monteverde | 50 |
| AR Argentina | — | 1,078 | 1 in 42K | 1.1K | Monteverde | 59 |
| US United States | — | 938 | 1 in 355K | 1K | Monteverde | 154 |
| UY Uruguay | — | 341 | 1 in 9.9K | 341 | Monteverde | 25 |
| ST São Tomé & Príncipe | #41 | — | — | — | Monteverde | 2 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Monteverde is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Spanish, an area of subtropical forest found in the Canary Islands
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Italian, oriundo de localidades chamadas Monteverde; nome de Monte e verde.
as a nameDicionário dos sobrenomes italianos
In Italian, places so called, from It. monte hill (see Mont) + verde green (L viridis). Var.: Monteverdi.
as a nameA dictionary of surnames
habitational name from Monteverde in Ourense province, Galicia.
as a nameDictionary of American Family Names
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Juan Domingo de Monteverdeb. 1773ESCaptain General of Venezuela (1773-1832)
- Giulio Monteverdeb. 1837ITItalian sculptor (1837–1917)
- Luigi Monteverdeb. 1843CHSwiss painter (1841-1923)
- Franco Monteverdeb. 1933ITItalian Augustinian priest (1933-2018)
- Lily Monteverdeb. 1938PHFilipino film producer and businesswoman (1938–2024)
- Carlos Bustamanteb. 1951PEnot in their usual namePeruvian-American biophysicist
- Fabrizio Monteverdeb. 1958ITItalian choreographer
- Alejandro Monteverdeb. 1965MXMexican film director
- Martín Pérezb. 1965PEnot in their usual namePeruvian politician
- Ali Landryb. 1973USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 24 sources across 16 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national) | — | 1.1K | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 1K | #25,603 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 938 | #26,110 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 815 | #27,771 |
| UY Uruguay | INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public) | — | 341 | — |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 3
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Cognomix.it (Nomix s.r.l.) — Italian surname origin dictionary
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Monteverde mean, and where does it come from?
- habitational name from any of various places called Monteverde, for example in Avellino province, from monte ‘mountain’ (Latin mons, gentive montis) -t- verde ‘green’ (Latin viridis). Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
- In which country does Monteverde have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 3.8 thousand people named Monteverde in the Philippines, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled monteverde.
- Where is Monteverde most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Monteverde is densest in Uruguay — about 1 in 9.9 thousand people — even though Philippines holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Monteverde?
- In Argentina, the national register counted 1,078 people named Monteverde, about 1 in 42 thousand residents.
- How common is Monteverde compared with other names?
- In São Tomé & Príncipe, Monteverde is the 41st most common surname of 45 surnames recorded there.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Monteverde” — the 41st most common surname in São Tomé & Príncipe. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.