# Montoya

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'''Montoya''' is a [Basque](/source/Basque_surnames) and [Spanish surname](/source/Spanish_language). It originally comes from a hamlet near [Berantevilla](/source/Berantevilla) in [Álava](/source/%C3%81lava), in the [Basque](/source/Basque_Country_(greater_region)) region of northern Spain.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://heraldicahispana.com/ApA/monedero-montoya.htm|title = Heráldica y escudos de los apellidos españoles e hispanoamericanos}}</ref> During the [Reconquista](/source/Reconquista), it extended southwards throughout [Castille](/source/Castile_(historical_region)) and [Andalusia](/source/Andalusia). The name roughly translates to mean hills and valleys{{Citation needed|date=November 2009}}. It has become more frequent among [Gitanos](/source/Gitanos) than among the general Spanish population.<ref name="DEspasa">{{cite book |title=Diccionario de apellidos españoles |editor-first=Roberto |editor-last=Faure |publisher=[Espasa](/source/Enciclopedia_universal_ilustrada_europeo-americana) |location=Madrid |date=2001 |isbn=978-8423922895 |language=es |page=Section III.3.8 page XXXIX |no-pp=yes}}</ref>

People with the surname Montoya include:
*[Adam Montoya](/source/Adam_Montoya) (born 1984), American video game commentator, better known as SeaNanners
*[Al Montoya](/source/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](/source/Justin_Credible)
*[Carlos Montoya](/source/Carlos_Montoya) (1903–1993), Spanish flamenco guitarist and son of Ramón Montoya
*[Craig Montoya](/source/Craig_Montoya) (born 1970), American rock musician
*[Daniela Montoya](/source/Daniela_Montoya) (born 1990), Colombian footballer
*[David Montoya](/source/David_Montoya_(footballer%2C_born_1978)) (born 1978), Colombian footballer
*[Diego León Montoya Sánchez](/source/Diego_Le%C3%B3n_Montoya_S%C3%A1nchez) (born 1958 or 1961), Colombian cocaine trafficker on the FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list
*[Eliud Montoya](/source/Murder_of_Eliud_Montoya), American whistleblower and murder victim
*[Gabriel Montoya](/source/Gabriel_Montoya),(1868–1914), French chansonnier
*[Gustavo Montoya](/source/Gustavo_Montoya) (1905–2003), Mexican painter
*[Jennifer Montoya](/source/Jennifer_Montoya) (born 1985), Colombian journalist and news presenter
*[José Montoya](/source/Jos%C3%A9_Montoya) (1932–2013), Chicano bilingual poet
*[Joseph Montoya](/source/Joseph_Montoya) (1915–78), U.S. Senator from New Mexico
*[Joseph B. Montoya](/source/Joseph_B._Montoya) (1939–2022), American politician from California
*[Juan Pablo Montoya](/source/Juan_Pablo_Montoya) (born 1975), Colombian motor racing IndyCar driver and former NASCAR and Formula One driver
*[Julián Montoya](/source/Juli%C3%A1n_Montoya) (born 1993), hooker for the Argentina national rugby union team
*[María Laura de Jesús Montoya Upegui](/source/Laura_of_Saint_Catherine_of_Siena) (1874–1949), Colombian saint (Roman Catholic)
*[Martha Montoya](/source/Martha_Montoya), Colombian American cartoonist and businesswoman
*[Martín Montoya](/source/Mart%C3%ADn_Montoya) (born 1991), Spanish association football player
*[Martina Vigil-Montoya](/source/Martina_Vigil_Montoya) (1856–1916), Native American ceramics painter from San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico
*[Matilde Montoya](/source/Matilde_Montoya) (1859–1939), presumably the first female physician in Mexico to hold an academic degree
*[Nestór Montoya](/source/N%C3%A9stor_Montoya), (1862–1923), United States Representative from New Mexico
*[Pilar Montoya](/source/Pilar_Montoya) (1960–2015), Spanish flamenco dancer
*[Ramón Montoya](/source/Ram%C3%B3n_Montoya) (1880–1949), Spanish flamenco guitarist and father of Carlos Montoya
*[Ramón Montoya (baseball)](/source/Ram%C3%B3n_Montoya_(baseball)), Mexican baseball player (see [Mexican Professional Baseball Hall of Fame](/source/Mexican_Professional_Baseball_Hall_of_Fame)) 
*[Richelle Montoya](/source/Richelle_Montoya), American politician 
*[Rose Montoya](/source/Rose_Montoya), American model, internet celebrity, and transgender activist
*[Rubén Montoya](/source/Rub%C3%A9n_Montoya) (born 1940), Argentine footballer 
*[Sebastián Montoya](/source/Sebasti%C3%A1n_Montoya) (born 2005), Colombian and American racing driver 
*Sergio Luis Henao Montoya, or [Sergio Henao](/source/Sergio_Henao) (born 1987), Colombian bicycle road racer

;Groups of people:
*[Las Hermanas Montoya](/source/Las_Hermanas_Montoya), Latin singing group, active 1948–1969

==Fictional characters==
*[Carmelita Montoya Fox](/source/Carmelita_Montoya_Fox), a female INTERPOL officer from the Sly Cooper series of video games
*[Inigo Montoya](/source/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](/source/Nemi_Montoya), Norwegian comic book character
*[Renee Montoya](/source/Renee_Montoya), police detective in DC Comics' Gotham City Police Department
*[Josefina Montoya](/source/Josefina_Montoya), an ''[American Girl](/source/American_Girl)'' character residing in Santa Fe in 1824
* Gabriel Montoya, one of the Spanish assassins from the 2015 film ''[Bill](/source/Bill_(2015_film))''
* Alejandro Montoya, "El Aguila" mutant appearing in Marvel Comics, 1st appearance in Power Man & Iron Fist #58 (Aug. 1979)

==See also==
*[Montóia](/source/Mont%C3%B3ia), Portuguese surname

==References==
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Category:Basque-language surnames
Category:Spanish-language surnames

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