Santillán Surname

607,405th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 510 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mexico
Highest density in:
Mexico

Santillán Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Santillán Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mexico3231:384,2927,763
Argentina1041:410,99431,358
Spain261:1,798,15550,469
Peru211:1,513,53022,524
United States111:32,950,812797,015
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Ecuador31:5,301,94930,184
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
Costa Rica21:2,390,03410,205
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
England11:55,718,059489,080
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077

The alternate forms: Santillan (191,274), Santillàn (13), Santillañ (1) & Santìllàn (1) are calculated separately.

Santillán Last Name Facts

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

The last name Santillán is found in Mexico more than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant: Santillan, Santillàn, Santillañ or Santìllàn. Click here to see other potential spellings of Santillán.

How Common Is The Last Name Santillán? popularity and diffusion

The last name Santillán is the 607,405th most commonly occurring surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 14,289,306 people. Santillán occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 93 percent of Santillán live; 66 percent live in North America and 63 percent live in Hispano-North America.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Mexico, where it is borne by 323 people, or 1 in 384,292. In Mexico Santillán is primarily found in: Mexico City, where 30 percent are found, México, where 18 percent are found and Nuevo León, where 5 percent are found. Aside from Mexico this surname is found in 22 countries. It also occurs in Argentina, where 20 percent are found and Spain, where 5 percent are found.

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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 Santillán
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