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The Santalucia surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 413 people carried this name — #50,564 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 714,300 people counted. That is down 1% from 418 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Santalucia surname

Habitational surname from any of various places called Santa Lucia.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Santalucia» (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 245 people named Santalucia 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 map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 170
San Juan 23
City of Buenos Aires 21
Córdoba 19
Chaco 12

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 67 people named Santalucia.

21 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often Haute-Garonne.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 21
Haute-Garonne 17
Bouches-du-Rhône 8
Gers 6
Paris 3
Vaucluse 3
Territoire de Belfort 2
Isère 2
Yvelines 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

42 people named Santalucia live in Switzerland.

They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Aargau.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Aargau 20
Zurich 9
Geneva 7
Graubünden 6

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.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Santalucia is.
A volume says what happened to it.

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

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