Santanilla Surname

295,000th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,293 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Colombia
Highest density in:
Colombia

Santanilla Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Santanilla Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Colombia1,2241:39,0312,211
United States311:11,692,224454,091
Ecuador191:837,15013,424
Spain111:4,250,18575,241
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Venezuela21:15,102,03869,873
Peru11:31,784,12364,452

Santanilla Last Name Facts

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

The surname Santanilla is more frequently found in Colombia than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Santanilla.

How Common Is The Last Name Santanilla? popularity and diffusion

The surname Santanilla is the 295,000th most widespread last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 5,636,153 people. The surname Santanilla is predominantly found in The Americas, where 99 percent of Santanilla live; 97 percent live in South America and 95 percent live in Caribbean South America.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Colombia, where it is carried by 1,224 people, or 1 in 39,031. In Colombia it is most common in: Caquetá Department, where 35 percent live, Huila Department, where 35 percent live and Capital District, where 13 percent live. Apart from Colombia it occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 2 percent live and Ecuador, where 1 percent live.

Santanilla Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Santanilla earn in different countries varies notably. In Colombia they earn 10.29% less than the national average, earning $20,367,100 COP per year and in United States they earn 32.02% less than the national average, earning $29,333 USD per year.

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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
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Santanilla
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