The surname Santana
A Spanish surname, carried by 60,667 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex S535
Origin
Spanish origin
Borrowed from Spanish Santana.
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 60,667 people named Santana in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 5,089 Americans. That is up 38% since 2000, when the Census counted 43,875.
Who is named Santana
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
92% of people named Santana identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 6.1% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 92%
- White (not Hispanic) 6.1%
- Black (not Hispanic) 1.3%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
- Two or more races 0.3%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%
Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.
Famous Santanas
21 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Carlos SantanaAmerican guitarist, born 1947
- Telê SantanaBrazilian footballer and manager (1931-2006)
- Cléber SantanaBrazilian association football player (1981–2016)
- Felipe SantanaBrazilian footballer, born 1986
- Joel SantanaBrazilian association football player and manager, born 1948
- Luan SantanaBrazilian singer-songwriter (born 1991)
- Willians SantanaBrazilian association football player, born 1988
- Tito SantanaAmerican professional wrestler, born 1953
- Mario SantanaArgentine association football player, born 1981
- Victor Hugo Santana CarvalhoBrazilian association football player, born 1998
- Graciete SantanaBrazilian athletics competitor, 1980–2021
- Merlin SantanaAmerican actor (1976–2002)
Notable Santanas come mostly from Brazil (15), the United States (4) and Argentina (1).
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Santana
Santana has the Soundex code S535, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S535.
Other Spanish surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Santana come from?
- Borrowed from Spanish Santana.
- How common is the surname Santana?
- 60,667 people in the United States had the surname Santana in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 5,089 Americans. It ranked 556th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Santana?
- In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Santana identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 6.1% as white (not Hispanic).
- Who is the most famous person named Santana?
- Carlos Santana, American guitarist, followed by Telê Santana.
- Where is the surname Santana most common?
- Wikidata records people named Santana in Brazil, the United States and Argentina and 1 other country.
- Is the surname Santana getting more or less common?
- More common. 43,875 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 60,667 in 2010, up 38%.