Santamaría Surname

301,673rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,259 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Spain
Highest density in:
Panama

Santamaría Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Santamaría Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Spain5191:90,0817,567
Panama3361:11,644973
Mexico1881:660,24610,483
Colombia671:713,0468,060
Argentina271:1,583,08986,049
Dominican Republic231:453,60614,824
El Salvador201:317,1942,462
Venezuela111:2,745,82529,869
United States111:32,950,812797,015
Guatemala71:2,297,5246,613
Costa Rica61:796,6785,462
Honduras51:1,763,2885,823
Peru51:6,356,82538,776
Germany51:16,101,092397,699
England41:13,929,515290,718
France21:33,211,361423,184
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Ecuador21:7,952,92334,269
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Andorra11:83,8382,381
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Finland11:5,496,70284,025

The alternate forms: Santamaria (165,230) are calculated separately.

Santamaría Last Name Facts

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

The surname Santamaría is more commonly found in Spain than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Santamaria. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Santamaría? popularity and diffusion

The surname Santamaría is the 301,673rd most frequently held last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 5,788,361 people. The surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 57 percent of Santamaría live; 41 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 41 percent live in Iberian Europe.

This surname is most prevalent in Spain, where it is borne by 519 people, or 1 in 90,081. In Spain Santamaría is most prevalent in: Madrid, where 32 percent are found, Castile and León, where 13 percent are found and Basque Country, where 12 percent are found. Besides Spain this last name exists in 33 countries. It also occurs in Panama, where 27 percent are found and Mexico, where 15 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Santamaria97165,230/
Samtamaría901/
Santamarias865/
Saintamaria862/
Santammaria861/
Santamarria861/
Santamarie8011/
Samtamaria809/
Zantamaria804/
Santomaria802/
Santamario801/
Santosmaria763/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Santamaría
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