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 National Hockey League
Aldo Montoya, a former ring persona of American professional wrestler Peter Polaco (born 1973), better known as Justin Credible
Carlos Montoya (1903–93), 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
María Laura de Jesús Montoya Upegui (1874 - 1949), Colombian Saint (Roman Catholic)
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