A search of Infobel, and the French telephone directories, will quickly reveal the true root of our name. For there are none of the variants of the family name apart from MONTFORT meaning a "fortified hill or mound" which is listed a plenty (Some 750 times). Not that we would be so bold as to suggest that we are totally of French stock as a quick visit to the following page will reveal "Who were the Normans?"
The towns or villages from which it could be claimed that the root name originates includes those listed below. The details of which may be found in the Les Pages Jaunes:-
Montfort-sur-Risle in the Eure district