de Santis Surname

10,396th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 54,203 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Italy
Highest density in:
Italy

de Santis Surname User-submission:

This surname derives from the late Latin word sanctus, which means 'holy', 'venerable', linked to the verb sancire, which means 'to make sacred'. The spread of the surname from the Christian Middle Ages is obviously due to the worship of the various saints present in the Roman Martyrology.

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de Santis Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Italy46,0521:1,32854
Brazil1,7091:125,2634,744
Argentina1,3421:31,8512,664
United States1,1161:324,78429,552
Ecuador7341:21,6702,979
France5601:118,61217,906
Canada5401:68,2337,861
Venezuela4631:65,2362,892
Australia4581:58,9437,155
Switzerland2311:35,5545,171
England1811:307,83523,246
Dominican Republic1621:64,4013,114
Spain1541:303,58518,224
Belgium1091:105,47415,893
Uruguay881:38,9974,467
Japan511:2,506,75130,743
Portugal381:274,16410,086
Germany371:2,175,823115,720
Netherlands191:888,79962,169
Thailand181:3,924,352328,346
Malta181:23,9041,289
Sweden131:757,44356,422
Panama111:355,6607,645
Slovakia71:762,35073,078
Paraguay61:1,206,12410,500
Isle of Man51:17,1643,455
Peru51:6,356,82538,776
Greece51:2,215,95891,893
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Poland41:9,502,187181,606
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Albania41:728,51420,844
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
Guatemala31:5,360,8898,925
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
Monaco31:12,3552,088
Colombia31:15,924,69128,711
China31:455,773,85521,925
Chile31:5,872,15852,204
United States Virgin Islands31:36,7924,502
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Luxembourg21:290,2718,611
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Cape Verde11:529,6426,792
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
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de Santis (10) may also be a first name.

de Santis Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

This surname derives from the late Latin word sanctus, which means 'holy', 'venerable', linked to the verb sancire, which means 'to make sacred'. The spread of the surname from the Christian Middle Ages is obviously due to the worship of the various saints present in the Roman Martyrology.

The surname De Santis is Panitalian with greater diffusion in the central-south with an important concentration in Lazio, especially in the province of Rome, and in Puglia.

Desantis is from Puglia.

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de Santis Demographics

Average de Santis Salary in
United States

$68,100 USD

Per year
Rank:
120,125 of 1,180,305
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.000231566
Rank: 37,521 of 1,181,369
Percentage of national average salary:
157.82%
Sample size: 290 (2014)

Average Salary in
United States

$43,149 USD

Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD

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de Santis Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name de Santis Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name de Santis is found most frequently in Italy. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name de Santis? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 10,396th most frequent surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 134,449 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 88 percent of de Santis are found; 85 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 85 percent are found in Italic Europe. It is also the 3,684,242nd most prevalent forename world-wide It is held by 10 people.

The last name is most widespread in Italy, where it is carried by 46,052 people, or 1 in 1,328. In Italy it is most numerous in: Lazio, where 47 percent live, Apulia, where 15 percent live and Campania, where 9 percent live. Excluding Italy this last name occurs in 64 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 3 percent live and Argentina, where 2 percent live.

de Santis Last Name Statistics demography

The amount de Santis earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 11.41% less than the national average, earning €26,603 per year; in Peru they earn 146.59% more than the national average, earning S/. 47,801 per year; in Colombia they earn 24.62% less than the national average, earning $17,112,200 COP per year; in United States they earn 57.83% more than the national average, earning $68,100 USD per year and in Canada they earn 20.76% more than the national average, earning $59,996 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
des Santis951/
de Santi945,500/
di Santis89248/
de Cantis8966/
de Santes8962/
De-Santis8925/
de Santiz898/
da Santis894/
de Santti893/
de Samtis891/
de Santés891/
de Santys891/
de Saintes841/
de Santa821,933/
di Santi821,235/
de Sante82119/
de Santy8227/
da Santi8220/
De-Santi824/
de Santé822/
de Santí821/
de Samti821/
de Sainte78638/
da Santie7814/
de Contis786/
di Santti785/
de Cantes784/
de Santaa781/
de Sgante781/
di Sante713,250/
da Santa71138/
di Santa7120/
De-Sante7111/
Di-Santi712/
De-Santa711/
di Santê711/
de Contes6760/
Di-Sante5911/
da Sonte591/
da Sonta591/
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