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    The surname Santillanes

    A surname, carried by 1,644 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex S534

    Santillanes: #17,229 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Santillanes #17,229, 1,644 people Santillanes: #17,229 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Santillanes #17,229, 1,644 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Santillanes is more common than 89.4% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,644 people named Santillanes in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 187,801 Americans. That is up 33% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,239.

    #17,229
    rank among US surnames
    1,644
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +32.7%
    change since 2000 (was #20,028)

    Who is named Santillanes

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

    91% of people named Santillanes identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 8.1% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 91%
    • White (not Hispanic) 8.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
    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.

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    Surnames that sound like Santillanes

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Santillanes?
    1,644 people in the United States had the surname Santillanes in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 187,801 Americans. It ranked 17,229th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Santillanes?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Santillanes identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 8.1% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Santillanes getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,239 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,644 in 2010, up 33%.