Santiago Forename

1,211th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 780,578 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Mexico
Highest density in:
Equatorial Guinea

Santiago Forename Definition:

A Latin name, meaning: Holy James.

Santiago Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mexico
100%
190,2641:652128
Spain
100%
123,9871:37576
Guatemala
99%
 
91,3021:17623
Peru
100%
52,1951:609108
United States
100%
42,9101:8,449976
Philippines
99%
 
39,8401:2,661520
Colombia
100%
30,3201:1,576234
Cuba-28,5261:403103
Argentina
100%
25,7281:1,663263
Equatorial Guinea
100%
17,1811:666
Bolivia
100%
16,0051:662161
Venezuela
100%
15,5611:1,941295
Paraguay
99%
 
14,6561:49496
Honduras
100%
12,6511:697120
Brazil
100%
11,1741:19,1731,791
Uruguay
100%
10,5491:32574
Dominican Republic-9,7291:1,072168
El Salvador-9,6561:657119
Nicaragua
100%
8,6641:695128
Panama
100%
5,3411:731109
Ecuador-4,3721:4,055501
Angola
100%
2,9691:9,0831,103
Costa Rica
100%
2,8701:1,661321
Puerto Rico-2,3431:1,515209
Chile
100%
2,1181:8,313690
France
100%
8551:77,7431,926
Belize
100%
8451:41931
Portugal-8211:12,681713
Canada
100%
8151:40,6542,897
Thailand
100%
8111:86,3947,681
England
100%
6531:85,1503,377
Germany
100%
4741:203,9623,139
Morocco-3821:89,9183,081
Switzerland
100%
3331:24,6651,562
Poland
100%
3301:115,2342,410
Saudi Arabia-2911:105,88510,050
Netherlands
100%
2491:67,8804,123
India
98%
 
2421:5,020,157191,701
Belgium
100%
2031:56,6012,613
Andorra-1891:43975
Italy
100%
1621:376,9264,418
Australia-1441:94,8453,496
Sweden
100%
1421:69,4223,310
Indonesia
100%
1351:1,910,84299,428
Czechia
100%
1161:91,8631,117
Albania
100%
1091:27,9503,170
Egypt
100%
871:1,056,33318,582
China-831:16,458,50360,121
Russia
100%
821:1,758,94812,410
New Zealand-681:66,7073,277
Guam-631:2,550533
Malaysia
92%
 
621:491,12821,602
United Arab Emirates-551:130,0369,245
Ireland
100%
471:98,7982,469
Northern Mariana Islands-411:1,333281
Scotland
100%
411:130,4972,774
Mozambique-361:756,7601,518
Norway
100%
351:146,6384,100
Denmark-341:166,1623,974
Lebanon
95%
 
321:175,8624,084
Nigeria
100%
301:5,918,81282,027
Singapore
100%
291:216,7958,671
Kuwait-281:135,1888,745
Taiwan
100%
271:880,35936,323
Austria
100%
251:340,5683,811
South Africa
100%
241:2,272,19464,564
DR Congo
100%
211:3,515,60073,131
Qatar
100%
201:118,48012,874
United States Virgin Islands-181:6,097946
Aruba-171:6,1051,121
New Caledonia
100%
171:15,8921,309
Finland
85%
 
151:365,5464,839
Japan-141:9,141,86133,787
Slovenia
100%
141:175,6263,645
Israel
100%
131:646,37811,150
Hong Kong-121:646,0604,783
Oman-111:373,5154,585
South Korea-111:504,03812,654
Haiti-101:1,072,69514,984
Bahrain-91:149,8533,890
Kazakhstan
100%
91:1,971,87215,474
Luxembourg
100%
91:62,6722,160
Rwanda-91:1,263,4931,939
Uzbekistan-91:3,420,7168,576
Wales
100%
91:343,8125,087
Afghanistan-81:4,077,94025,891
São Tomé and Príncipe
100%
81:24,0001,933
Algeria-61:6,362,78710,855
American Samoa-61:9,3081,982
Cameroon
100%
61:3,601,75060,590
Cape Verde-61:88,1923,143
Romania-61:3,341,99626,471
Trinidad and Tobago-61:226,90311,844
Anguilla-51:2,651523
Greece
100%
51:2,186,91011,382
Micronesia-51:21,300626
Ukraine-51:9,099,98212,980
Northern Ireland
100%
41:460,7862,461
Bangladesh-41:39,865,34224,379
Belarus
67%
 
41:2,370,5969,928
Central African Republic-41:1,128,848698
East Timor-41:304,594432
Ethiopia-41:24,390,03319,296
Ghana-41:6,746,5548,075
Iraq-41:8,754,46516,071
Seychelles-41:23,1681,192
Suriname-41:138,2032,927
Turkey-41:19,450,42745,600
Brunei-31:139,8572,352
Cyprus-31:290,3593,456
Hungary
81%
 
31:3,263,9244,413
Kenya-31:15,435,70351,312
Monaco
100%
31:12,8221,634
Tanzania
100%
31:17,596,10669,562
Vietnam
100%
31:30,874,3715,995
Benin-21:5,287,92261,990
Liberia
100%
21:2,206,03027,695
Maldives-21:216,9523,781
Marshall Islands
100%
21:25,6153,101
Mauritania-21:2,047,62019,390
Papua New Guinea
100%
21:4,076,157155,819
Uganda-21:20,478,46091,660
Zambia-21:7,927,39745,785
Antigua and Barbuda-11:99,3953,544
Armenia
100%
11:2,918,75314,910
Azerbaijan-11:9,642,94442,290
Bahamas-11:399,3704,606
Barbados-11:289,7893,893
Botswana-11:2,184,44921,741
Bulgaria-11:6,990,39027,036
Cayman Islands-11:61,2992,487
Croatia-11:4,217,07620,943
Curaçao-11:155,8031,239
Fiji-11:892,3783,968
French Polynesia-11:277,9023,605
Gabon-11:1,883,3364,538
Georgia-11:3,738,46629,095
Greenland-11:56,3711,395
Ivory Coast
100%
11:23,075,933135,227
Jamaica-11:2,883,22722,340
Jordan
100%
11:8,826,77411,126
Kyrgyzstan
100%
11:5,973,27746,622
Liechtenstein-11:37,8561,091
Lithuania-11:2,951,8825,377
Macau-11:608,2092,350
Moldova-11:3,561,1398,690
Mongolia-11:2,934,81416,205
Myanmar-11:51,948,2733,226
Namibia-11:2,404,17916,970
Nepal-11:28,487,352119,417
Saint Kitts and Nevis-11:54,8612,604
Saint Pierre and Miquelon-11:6,315385
San Marino-11:32,920787
Senegal-11:14,581,35634,505
Serbia-11:7,145,72110,629
Sierra Leone-11:7,088,6631,497
Slovakia-11:5,310,0639,949
Sri Lanka-11:20,799,08716,824
Tunisia-11:676,90212,933
Zimbabwe
100%
11:15,423,817113,731

The alternate forms: Santíago (2), Santiágo (1), Santiagó (1) & Sântiâgô (1) are calculated separately.

Santiago (1,034,092) may also be a surname.

Santiago Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A Latin name, meaning: Holy James.

Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead

Santiago Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

Santiago Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Santiago in the Russian language
Сантиагоsantiago-

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