Montoya is aBasque andSpanish surname. It originally comes from a hamlet nearBerantevilla inÁlava, in theBasque region of northern Spain.[1] During theReconquista, it extended southwards throughoutCastille andAndalusia. The name roughly translates to mean hills and valleys[citation needed]. It has become more frequent amongGitanos than among the general Spanish population.[2]
People with the surname Montoya include:
- Adam Montoya (born 1984), American video game commentator, better known as SeaNanners
- Al Montoya (born 1985), American ice hockey goaltender in the National Hockey League
- Aldo Montoya, a former ring persona of American professional wrestler Peter Polaco (born 1973), better known asJustin Credible
- Carlos Montoya (1903–1993), Spanish flamenco guitarist and son of Ramón Montoya
- Craig Montoya (born 1970), American rock musician
- Daniela Montoya (born 1990), Colombian footballer
- David Montoya (born 1978), Colombian footballer
- Diego León Montoya Sánchez (born 1958 or 1961), Colombian cocaine trafficker on the FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list
- Eliud Montoya, American whistleblower and murder victim
- Gabriel Montoya,(1868–1914), French chansonnier
- Gustavo Montoya (1905–2003), Mexican painter
- Jennifer Montoya (born 1985), Colombian journalist and news presenter
- José Montoya (1932–2013), Chicano bilingual poet
- Joseph Montoya (1915–78), U.S. Senator from New Mexico
- Joseph B. Montoya (1939–2022), American politician from California
- Juan Pablo Montoya (born 1975), Colombian motor racing IndyCar driver and former NASCAR and Formula One driver
- Julián Montoya (born 1993), hooker for the Argentina national rugby union team
- María Laura de Jesús Montoya Upegui (1874–1949), Colombian saint (Roman Catholic)
- Martha Montoya, Colombian American cartoonist and businesswoman
- Martín Montoya (born 1991), Spanish association football player
- Martina Vigil-Montoya (1856–1916), Native American ceramics painter from San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico
- Matilde Montoya (1859–1939), presumably the first female physician in Mexico to hold an academic degree
- Nestór Montoya, (1862-1923), United States Representative from New Mexico
- Pilar Montoya (1960–2015), Spanish flamenco dancer
- Ramón Montoya (1880–1949), Spanish flamenco guitarist and father of Carlos Montoya
- Ramón Montoya (baseball), Mexican baseball player (seeMexican Professional Baseball Hall of Fame)
- Richelle Montoya, American politician
- Rose Montoya, American model, internet celebrity, and transgender activist
- Rubén Montoya (born 1940), Argentine footballer
- Sebastián Montoya (born 2005), Colombian and American racing driver
- Sergio Luis Henao Montoya, orSergio Henao (born 1987), Colombian bicycle road racer
- Groups of people
Fictional characters
[edit]- Carmelita Montoya Fox, a female INTERPOL officer from the Sly Cooper series of video games
- Fritz Montoya, in the Honorverse book series
- Inigo Montoya, a fencer from William Goldman’s novelThe Princess Bride and the movie from the novel
- Domingo Montoya, father of Inigo Montoya fromThe Princess Bride
- Nemi Montoya, Norwegian comic book character
- Renee Montoya, police detective in DC Comics' Gotham City Police Department
- Josefina Montoya, anAmerican Girl character residing in Santa Fe in 1824
- Gabriel Montoya, one of the Spanish assassins from the 2015 filmBill
- Alejandro Montoya, "El Aguila" mutant appearing in Marvel Comics, 1st appearance in Power Man & Iron Fist #58 (Aug. 1979)
Surname list
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surnameMontoya.
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