Santayana Surname

294,108th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,298 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Guam

Santayana Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Santayana Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines4741:213,58333,289
United States2271:1,596,735107,304
Peru2201:144,4737,813
Indonesia1701:777,93659,310
Spain731:640,43929,091
Argentina401:1,068,58565,578
Brazil251:8,562,973188,780
Austria131:655,03358,041
New Zealand121:377,36028,765
Uruguay111:311,97820,848
Saudi Arabia91:3,428,42432,607
Guam81:20,0153,029
England61:9,286,343223,652
Cuba41:2,880,67910,064
Costa Rica21:2,390,03410,205
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Australia11:26,995,701270,794

Santayana (14) may also be a first name.

Santayana Last Name Facts

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

The surname Santayana (Russian: Сантаяна) has its highest incidence in The Philippines. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Santayana? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 294,108th most frequently used family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 5,614,442 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 49 percent of Santayana live; 49 percent live in Southeast Asia and 35 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia. It is also the 3,024,661st most common given name at a global level It is held by 14 people.

The last name is most commonly occurring in The Philippines, where it is carried by 474 people, or 1 in 213,583. In The Philippines Santayana is primarily concentrated in: Calabarzon, where 38 percent reside, Bicol, where 28 percent reside and National Capital Region, where 20 percent reside. Other than The Philippines this last name is found in 18 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 17 percent reside and Peru, where 17 percent reside.

Santayana Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Santayana are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 100% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Santayana earn in different countries varies notably. In Peru they earn 35.55% more than the national average, earning S/. 26,276 per year and in United States they earn 16.87% more than the national average, earning $50,427 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Santayana Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Santayana in the Russian language
Сантаянаsantaana-

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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
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  • 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 Santayana
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