How common is the surname Santa?

2,738 people in the United States had the surname Santa in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 112,763 Americans. It ranked 11,493rd of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Santa getting more or less common?

More common. 2,061 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,738 in 2010, up 33%.

The surname Santa

A surname, carried by 2,738 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S530

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Santa is more common than 92.9% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,738 people named Santa in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 112,763 Americans. That is up 33% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,061.

#11,493

rank among US surnames

2,738

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+32.8%

change since 2000 (was #13,522)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,484	Decicco	2,740	112,681
#11,488	Mangus	2,739	112,722
#11,493	Duffin	2,738	112,763
#11,497	Greenspan	2,737	112,804
#11,500	Sidwell	2,736	112,846
#11,502	Master	2,735	112,887

Who is named Santa

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

51% of people named Santa identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 42% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.7% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 51%
White (not Hispanic) 42%
Asian and Pacific Islander 3.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.4%
Two or more races 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Santa

Santa has the Soundex code S530, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S530.

Questions

How common is the surname Santa?: 2,738 people in the United States had the surname Santa in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 112,763 Americans. It ranked 11,493rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Santa?: In the 2010 Census, 51% of people named Santa identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 42% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Santa getting more or less common?: More common. 2,061 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,738 in 2010, up 33%.