The surname Santillan
A Spanish surname, carried by 13,081 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex S534
Origin
Spanish origin
From Spanish Santillán.
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 13,081 people named Santillan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 23,603 Americans. That is up 50% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,729.
Who is named Santillan
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
94% of people named Santillan identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 3.4% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 94%
- White (not Hispanic) 3.4%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 2.7%
- Two or more races 0.2%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.1%
Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Santillan
Santillan has the Soundex code S534, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S534.
Other Spanish surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Santillan come from?
- From Spanish Santillán.
- How common is the surname Santillan?
- 13,081 people in the United States had the surname Santillan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 23,603 Americans. It ranked 2,756th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Santillan?
- In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Santillan identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 3.4% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Santillan getting more or less common?
- More common. 8,729 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,081 in 2010, up 50%.