# Santo (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/santo/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from the Romance languages.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 4,620 |
| US rank (2010) | 7,224 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 66,828 people |
| Change since 2000 | +14% (4,038 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Romance.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Santo in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 72% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 19% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 4.9% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 1.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Santo in the United States.

## People named Santo

- Ron Santo, American baseball player (1940–2010)

## Similar surnames

Sand, Santa, Santee, Saint, Santi, Sant, Santoyo, Sawant, Smith, Schmidt, Schmitt, Sneed.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.