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    The surname Santo

    A surname, carried by 4,620 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S530

    Santo: #7,224 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Santo #7,224, 4,620 people Santo: #7,224 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Santo #7,224, 4,620 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Santo is more common than 95.5% of them.

    Origin

    From Romance.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,620 people named Santo in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 66,828 Americans. That is up 14% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,038.

    #7,224
    rank among US surnames
    4,620
    people in 2010
    1.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +14.4%
    change since 2000 (was #7,593)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #7,220Buckles4,62366,785
    #7,221Spector4,62266,799
    #7,223Balbuena4,62166,814
    #7,224Shealy4,62066,828

    Who is named Santo

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

    72% of people named Santo identified as white (not Hispanic), 19% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 4.9% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

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

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Santos

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Ron Santo
      American baseball player (1940–2010)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Santo

    Santo has the Soundex code S530, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S530.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Santo come from?
    From Romance.
    How common is the surname Santo?
    4,620 people in the United States had the surname Santo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 66,828 Americans. It ranked 7,224th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Santo?
    In the 2010 Census, 72% of people named Santo identified as white (not Hispanic), and 19% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Santo?
    Ron Santo, American baseball player (1940–2010).
    Where is the surname Santo most common?
    Wikidata records people named Santo in the United States.
    Is the surname Santo getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,038 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,620 in 2010, up 14%.