Santos Cruz Surname

412,986th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 844 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Cape Verde

Santos Cruz Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Santos Cruz Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil7641:280,20210,800
Dominican Republic311:336,54611,471
El Salvador261:243,9962,219
Cape Verde61:88,2742,986
Panama61:652,04310,051
Chile31:5,872,15852,204
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Santos Cruz Last Name Facts

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

The surname Santos Cruz is more frequently found in Brazil than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Santos Cruz.

How Common Is The Last Name Santos Cruz? popularity and diffusion

Santos Cruz is the 412,986th most common last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 8,634,533 people. The surname Santos Cruz occurs mostly in The Americas, where 99 percent of Santos Cruz are found; 91 percent are found in South America and 91 percent are found in Luso-South America.

The surname Santos Cruz is most common in Brazil, where it is borne by 764 people, or 1 in 280,202. In Brazil Santos Cruz is most common in: Bahia, where 34 percent are found, São Paulo, where 21 percent are found and Sergipe, where 12 percent are found. Not including Brazil this surname exists in 11 countries. It is also common in The Dominican Republic, where 4 percent are found and El Salvador, where 3 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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  • 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 Santos Cruz
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