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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Italian and Spanish : habitational name from any of numerous places named Monforte, from Latin mons ‘mountain’ (genitive montis) + fortis ‘strong’, was probably a reference to the strategic position of these locations.
  • Possibly a variant of English Montfort.

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