The Santa surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,738 people carried this name — #11,493 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 107,500 people counted. That is up 33% from 2,061 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
113 people named Santa live in Switzerland.
They live in 11 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 69 people named Santa.
24 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 13 départements, most often Hérault.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In the Nordic population registers
120 people named Santa are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Santa in American newspapers,
1915–1918.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,028,282 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Santa,
with a public archive behind them.
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Elvira Santa Cruz Ossa 1886–1960 · writer -
Luigi Della Santa 1866–
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Jaan Santa 1880– · politician
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Sébastien Santa 1908–1975 · pharmacist
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Masao Santa 1919– · baseball player
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Iraci Gama Santa Luzia 1943– · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Santa.
- Sanson 2,376 · U.S. census
- Sansone 5,270 · U.S. census
- Sansonetti 275 · U.S. census
- Sansoni 162 · U.S. census
- Sansoucy 224 · U.S. census
- Sant 1,441 · U.S. census
- Santacroce 965 · U.S. census
- Santacruz 8,264 · U.S. census
- Santalucia 413 · U.S. census
- Santamaria 12,375 · U.S. census
- Santana 60,667 · U.S. census
- Santander 1,413 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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