Montoya
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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
- 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 (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
- Sebastián Montoya (born 2005), Colombian and American racing driver
- Sergio Luis Henao Montoya, or Sergio Henao (born 1987), Colombian bicycle road racer
- Groups of people
- Las Hermanas Montoya, Latin singing group, active 1948–1969
