The Santana surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 60,667 people carried this name — #556 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 4,860 people counted. That is up 38% from 43,875 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Santana surname
Univerbation of Santa Ana. The toponym was shortened from the original toponym Santa Ana de Vélez.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Santana» (Spanish), 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 14,278 people named Santana 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
634 people named Santana live in Switzerland.
They live in 21 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 128 people named Santana.
Most of them — 73 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 22 départements, most often Hauts-de-Seine.
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
95 people named Santana is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
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).
In print
Santana in American newspapers,
1881–1955.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 17,819 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Santana,
with a public archive behind them.
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Pedro Santana 1801–1864 · politician -
Julián Santana 1830–1931 · military personnel -
Fernando Santana 1915–2012 · politician -
Valdemar Santana 1929–1984 · judoka -
Telê Santana 1931–2006 · association football coach
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 251 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Santana.
- Sant 1,441 · U.S. census
- Santa 2,738 · 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
- Santander 1,413 · U.S. census
- Santandrea 146 · U.S. census
- Santangelo 4,312 · U.S. census
- Santaniello 1,200 · U.S. census
- Santarelli 912 · U.S. census
- Sante 314 · U.S. census
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