# Santos (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/santos/  
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) | 137,232 |
| US rank (2010) | 206 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 2,250 people |
| Change since 2000 | +39% (98,993 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Romance (Spanish Santos, Portuguese Santos, Italian Santos).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Santos 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) | 20% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 62% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 13% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Santos in Brazil, the United States, Angola, Portugal, France and Colombia.

## People named Santos

- Alberto Santos-Dumont, Brazilian aviation pioneer (1873-1932)
- Alessandro Santos, Brazilian-Japanese association football player
- Djalma Santos, Brazilian association football player (1929-2013)
- Nílton Santos, Brazilian association football player (1925-2013)
- Fábio Santos, Brazilian association football player
- Moacir Rodrigues Santos, Brazilian association football player (1970–2024)
- Lucélia Santos, Brazilian actress and film director
- Andrey Santos, Brazilian footballer (born 2004)
- Gerson Santos Putin, Brazilian footballer (born 1997)
- André Santos, Brazilian footballer
- Romeo Santos, American singer
- Silvio Santos, Brazilian media entrepreneur (1930–2024)

and 92 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Sands, Santizo, Santiago, Santacruz, Sandstrom, Santucci, Santistevan, Santiesteban, Schmitz, Snodgrass, Smithson, Schantz.

## 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.