What is "montoya"

Montoya is a Basque surname. It originally comes from a hamlet near Berantevilla in Álava, in the Basque region of northern Spain. During the Reconquista, it extended southwards throughout Castille and Andalusia. The name roughly translates to mean hills and valleys. It has become more frequent among Gitanos than among the general Spanish population.

People with the surname Montoya include:

• Al Montoya (born 1985), American ice hockey goaltender in the American Hockey League
• Aldo Montoya, a former ring persona of American professional wrestler Peter Polaco (born 1973), better known as Justin Credible
• Carlos Montoya (1903–93), Spanish flamenco guitarist and son of Ramón Montoya
• Craig Montoya (born 1970), American rock musician
• Diego León Montoya Sánchez, Colombian cocaine trafficker on the FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list
• Gabriel Montoya, (1868–1914), French chansonnier
• Gustavo Montoya (1905–2003), Mexican painter
• José Montoya (1932–2013), Chicano bilingual poet
• Joseph Montoya (1915–78), U.S. Senator from New Mexico
• Juan Pablo Montoya (born 1975), Colombian motor racing IndyCar driver and former NASCAR and Formula One driver
• Martín Montoya (born 1991), Spanish association football player
• Matilde Montoya (1859–1939), presumably the first female physician in Mexico to hold an academic degree
• Ramón Montoya (1880–1949), Spanish flamenco guitarist and father of Carlos Montoya
• Ramón Montoya (baseball), Mexican ballplayer (See Mexican Professional Baseball Hall of Fame)
• Las Hermanas Montoya, RCA/Victor recording artists. Latin Sister Singing Group

Fictional characters:

• Carmelita Montoya Fox, fictional female INTERPOL officer from the Sly Cooper series of video games
• Fritz Montoya, character in the Honorverse
• Inigo Montoya, fencer from William Goldman’s novel The Princess Bride and the movie from the novel
• Nemi Montoya, Norwegian comic book character
• Renee Montoya, police detective in DC Comics’ Gotham City Police Department
• Josefina Montoya, American Girl character residing in Santa Fe in 1824