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    The surname Santoyo

    A surname, carried by 8,692 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex S530

    Santoyo: #4,086 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Santoyo #4,086, 8,692 people Santoyo: #4,086 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Santoyo #4,086, 8,692 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Santoyo is more common than 97.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 8,692 people named Santoyo in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 35,521 Americans. That is up 44% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,032.

    #4,086
    rank among US surnames
    8,692
    people in 2010
    3.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +44.1%
    change since 2000 (was #5,319)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #4,078Lanning8,71135,443
    #4,079Plascencia8,71035,447
    #4,080Burkhardt8,70735,459
    #4,081Autry8,70435,472
    #4,082Slattery8,69535,508
    #4,084Testa8,69435,512
    #4,085Tennant8,69335,517

    Who is named Santoyo

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

    95% of people named Santoyo identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 3.7% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 95%
    • White (not Hispanic) 3.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%
    • Two or more races 0.1%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Santoyo

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Santoyo?
    8,692 people in the United States had the surname Santoyo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 35,521 Americans. It ranked 4,086th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Santoyo?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Santoyo identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 3.7% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Santoyo getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,032 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,692 in 2010, up 44%.