About the Montez Surname

Seen on a birth certificate or a ship's manifest, Montez is usually a form of Montes. Its meaning, shared with Montes, is “mountains”.

• The same family of names includes Monte.
• Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard.
• Spelled with “z” instead of “s”, Montez shows how the same name was heard and written differently.

Family crest and blazon

Arms linked to Montes and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to. Want more than a summary? See the Montez family name pack.