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Montforts

Montforts is a surname of European origin, most common in the Netherlands and Belgium. It is a toponymic name derived from Montfort, a place name formed from the elements mont (hill) and fort (fortress). The -s ending in Montforts is typical for Dutch- and Flemish-language toponymic surnames, indicating a family connected with a place.

Historically, Montforts is linked to several places named Montfort and to medieval noble lineages bearing the

In modern use, Montforts remains most frequently found in the Netherlands and Flemish-speaking Belgium, with smaller

See also Montfort (disambiguation) and Montforts (surname) for related topics.

toponym.
In
France
and
England,
Montfort
appears
in
various
medieval
records;
the
best
known
is
Simon
de
Montfort,
6th
Earl
of
Leicester,
a
figure
in
13th-century
English
politics.
Over
the
centuries,
bearers
of
the
Montforts
surname
migrated
within
Europe
and
to
other
continents,
resulting
in
dispersed
family
lines
in
the
Netherlands,
Belgium,
and
beyond.
populations
elsewhere
due
to
migration
and
diaspora.
The
name
may
also
appear
as
part
of
longer
surnames
or
as
a
historical
reference
to
places
named
Montfort.