Santamaria Surname

3,393rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 165,230 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Spain
Highest density in:
Panama

Santamaria Surname User-submission:

Santa Maria: meaning "Holy Mary" in Spanish and Italian. Name adopted by converted Jews forced to believe in Christianity, changing their last names to religious names given by the Spanish kingdom.

(other)

Coming from the Spanish region of Andalusia, El Puerto de Santa María was home to other bearers of the last name.

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Santamaria Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Spain29,2771:1,597178
Mexico27,9871:4,435583
Colombia22,5541:2,118406
Peru15,9811:1,989339
Panama11,4441:34267
United States9,0011:40,2694,953
Italy7,7541:7,8871,111
El Salvador7,2231:878176
Venezuela6,2841:4,807607
Ecuador5,2151:3,050519
Argentina4,1741:10,240968
Costa Rica3,6441:1,312229
Honduras3,5071:2,514357
Nicaragua1,8811:3,201437
France1,8381:36,1394,422
Dominican Republic1,4171:7,363661
Philippines9881:102,46817,828
Cuba7541:15,2821,080
Nigeria5061:350,08518,916
Brazil5001:428,14916,254
Canada4071:90,5309,953
Australia4001:67,4898,035
Uruguay2871:11,9571,343
Belgium2641:43,5487,109
Chile2351:74,9643,032
Bolivia2011:52,8182,784
England1801:309,54523,336
Germany1681:479,19941,567
Switzerland1641:50,0796,640
Saudi Arabia1591:194,06229,524
Guatemala1471:109,4063,037
India1391:5,518,456133,501
Puerto Rico1031:34,467935
Thailand831:851,064135,450
Netherlands381:444,39944,765
United Arab Emirates361:254,50817,423
Portugal281:372,08012,265
Romania281:717,06748,956
Paraguay201:361,8375,406
Czechia181:590,74858,011
New Zealand171:266,37223,826
South Africa151:3,611,847123,156
Belize141:25,3911,935
Sweden131:757,44356,422
Singapore131:423,66918,211
China131:105,178,5825,529
Andorra121:6,9861,135
Pakistan111:16,240,35364,496
Russia101:14,412,306394,810
Scotland91:594,86921,724
Cayman Islands81:7,987922
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Denmark51:1,128,94352,970
New Caledonia41:69,0566,678
Wallis and Futuna41:3,40266
Bahrain41:337,1526,054
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Luxembourg21:290,2718,611
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Aruba11:103,4772,586
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Comoros11:749,524685
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Guinea11:11,833,8173,268
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Mali11:16,969,0354,067
Malta11:430,2723,380
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Oman11:3,687,97114,390

The alternate forms: Santamaría (1,259) are calculated separately.

Santamaria (662) may also be a first name.

Santamaria Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Santa Maria: meaning "Holy Mary" in Spanish and Italian. Name adopted by converted Jews forced to believe in Christianity, changing their last names to religious names given by the Spanish kingdom.

(other)

Coming from the Spanish region of Andalusia, El Puerto de Santa María was home to other bearers of the last name. People commonly adopted the name after the region (e.x. Sáenz de Santamaría) meaning their family name (Sáenz) would follow with "of Santa Maria".

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Santamaria Last Name Facts

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

The last name Santamaria (Marathi: संतामारीया, Russian: Сантамариа) is more commonly found in Spain than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms: Santamaría. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Santamaria? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,393rd most frequent last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 44,105 people. The last name Santamaria occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 74 percent of Santamaria reside; 34 percent reside in South America and 18 percent reside in Iberian Europe. Santamaria is also the 322,620th most frequently occurring first name world-wide, held by 662 people.

The surname Santamaria is most commonly occurring in Spain, where it is borne by 29,277 people, or 1 in 1,597. In Spain it is most common in: Castile and León, where 18 percent are found, Madrid, where 15 percent are found and Basque Country, where 14 percent are found. Apart from Spain this last name occurs in 87 countries. It is also found in Mexico, where 17 percent are found and Colombia, where 14 percent are found.

Santamaria Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Santamaria surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Nigeria.

In The United States those bearing the Santamaria last name are 38.89% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 92.12% being registered with the political party.

The amount Santamaria earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 12.61% less than the national average, earning €26,244 per year; in Peru they earn 28.35% less than the national average, earning S/. 13,889 per year; in South Africa they earn 36.5% less than the national average, earning R 150,900 per year; in Colombia they earn 17.07% more than the national average, earning $26,577,400 COP per year; in United States they earn 7.83% less than the national average, earning $39,770 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.33% more than the national average, earning $50,842 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Santamaria Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Santamaria in the Marathi language
संतामारीयाsantamariya19.61
सांतामारीयाsantamariya15.69
सांतामारीआsantamari'a11.76
संतामारीआsantamari'a11.76
संतामािरयाsantamairaya11.76
सातामारीयाsatamariya3.92
सांतामरीयाान्सीसsantamariyaansisa3.92
सांतामरीयाsantamariya3.92
संतमािरयाsantamairaya3.92
सांतामािरयााईsantamairayaa'i3.92
सन्तामारीयाsantamariya3.92
संतमारीयाsantamariya3.92
सांतामिरयाsantamiraya1.96
Santamaria in the Russian language
Сантамариаsantamaria-

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