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    The surname Santaella

    A Spanish surname, carried by 584 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex S534

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Santaella is more common than 76.6% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    Borrowed from Spanish Santaella. This surname is predominantly found in Venezuela.

    One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 584 people named Santaella in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 528,674 Americans. That is up 45% since 2000, when the Census counted 402.

    #37,993
    rank among US surnames
    584
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +45.3%
    change since 2000 (was #49,159)

    Who is named Santaella

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

    88% of people named Santaella identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 11% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 88%
    • White (not Hispanic) 11%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Santaella

    Santaella has the Soundex code S534, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S534.

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Santaella come from?
    Borrowed from Spanish Santaella. This surname is predominantly found in Venezuela.
    How common is the surname Santaella?
    584 people in the United States had the surname Santaella in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 528,674 Americans. It ranked 37,993rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Santaella?
    In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Santaella identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 11% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Santaella getting more or less common?
    More common. 402 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 584 in 2010, up 45%.