Montesano Family History
Montesano Name Meaning
Italian (southern): habitational name from Montesano Salentino in Lecce province or Montesano sulla Marcellana in Salerno province so named from monte ‘mountain’ + sano ‘healthy’. Spanish: possibly a habitational name for someone from Montesa in Valencia province from an adjectival form of the placename. Alternatively of Italian origin (see 1 above).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022