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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Italian : habitational name from any of various places called Montalto or Montaldo, especially Montalto Uffugo in Cosenza province.
  • Portuguese : habitational name from a place named Montalto, from monte ‘hill’ + alto ‘high’ (Latin altus).

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