The Santacroce surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 965 people carried this name — #25,572 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 303,000 people counted. That is up 2% from 944 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Santacroce surname
Habitational surname, from any of the various places called Santa Croce.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Santacroce» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 262 people named Santacroce live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
82 people named Santacroce live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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 Santacroce.
28 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 7 départements, most often Corsica.
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.
Who carried it
People named Santacroce,
with a public archive behind them.
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Prospero Santacroce 1514–1589 · Catholic bishop -
Antonio Santacroce 1599–1641 · Catholic bishop -
Marcello Santacroce 1619–1674 · Catholic bishop -
Gregorio Santacroce d. 1611 · Catholic bishop
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Luigi Publicola Santacroce d. 1847
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Andrea Santacroce 1402–1473 · jurist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Santacroce.
- 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
- Santa 2,738 · 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
- Santandrea 146 · U.S. census
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