Santamaria surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Santamaria surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 12,375 people carried this name — #2,897 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 23,800 people counted. That is up 37% from 9,005 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 4,226 people named Santamaria 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 2,097
City of Buenos Aires 692
Santa Fe 372
Córdoba 209
Mendoza 139
Entre Ríos 108
Chaco 94
Tucumán 92

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 589 people named Santamaria.

236 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 46 départements, most often Paris.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 236
Paris 40
Bouches-du-Rhône 34
Corsica 32
Essonne 30
Hérault 29
Hauts-de-Seine 20
Vosges 14
Pyrénées-Atlantiques 14

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

254 people named Santamaria live in Switzerland.

They live in 15 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Vaud 45
Zurich 42
Fribourg 29
Aargau 27
Bern 23
Thurgau 18
Geneva 17
Ticino 14

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 Belgium’s population register

At least 79 people named Santamaria live in Belgium.

Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Liège.

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

Where they live today

Liège 31
Hainaut 28
Brussels-Capital 9
Namur 6
Luxembourg Province 5

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Santamaria in American newspapers,
1909–1927.

Newspaper page from The Star And Newark Advertiser carrying the name Santamaria
The Star And Newark Advertiser 1909-03-06
Newspaper page from El Tucsonense carrying the name Santamaria
El Tucsonense 1927-03-17
Newspaper page from La Prensa carrying the name Santamaria
La Prensa 1918-06-13

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 958 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Santamaria,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Joaquima Santamaria i Ventura
    Joaquima Santamaria i Ventura 1853–1930 · writer
  • Gaetano Santamaria 1817–1890 · printmaker
  • Francesco Santamaria Nicolini 1830–1918 · politician
  • Nicola Santamaria 1831– · lawyer
  • Luigi Santamaria 1835–1912 · professor
  • Agostino Santamaria 1858–1918 · lawyer

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

Nearby in the index

Surnames next to Santamaria.

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