Muntean Family History
Muntean Name Meaning
Romanian: topographic and ethnic name from muntean ‘mountain dweller’ from munte ‘mountain’ (from Latin mons montis) + the locative suffix -an as an ethnic name denoting someone from Muntenia ‘the mountain region’ the area of Romania situated between the Danube and the south and eastern Carpathians known also as Wallachia; it is equivalent with the Romanian ethnic name valah ‘Wallachian’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022