Montoya

Montoya is a Basque and Spanish surname. It originally comes from a hamlet near Berantevilla in Álava, in the Basque region of northern Spain.[1] During the Reconquista, it extended southwards throughout Castille and Andalusia. The name roughly translates to mean hills and valleys[citation needed]. It has become more frequent among Gitanos 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 as Justin 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
* Matilde Montoya (1859–1939), presumably the first female physician in Mexico to hold an academic degree
* 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 (see Mexican Professional Baseball Hall of Fame)
* Richelle Montoya, American politician
* Rose Montoya, American model, internet celebrity, and transgender activist
* Rubén Montoya (born 1940), Argentine footballer
* Sergio Luis Henao Montoya, or Sergio Henao (born 1987), Colombian bicycle road racer
* Las Hermanas Montoya, Latin singing group, active 1948–1969
* Martina Vigil-Montoya (1856–1916), Native American ceramics painter from San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico
* Nestór Montoya, (1862-1923), United States Representative from New Mexico

## 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 novel The Princess Bride and the movie from the novel
* Domingo Montoya, father of Inigo Montoya from The Princess Bride
* Nemi Montoya, Norwegian comic book character
* Renee Montoya, police detective in DC Comics' Gotham City Police Department
* Josefina Montoya, an American Girl character residing in Santa Fe in 1824
* Gabriel Montoya, one of the Spanish assassins from the 2015 film Bill

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Heráldica y escudos de los apellidos españoles e hispanoamericanos".
2. ^ Faure, Roberto, ed. (2001). Diccionario de apellidos españoles (in Spanish). Madrid: Espasa. Section III.3.8 page XXXIX. ISBN 978-8423922895.

Surname list

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