The Santer surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 230 people carried this name — #82,044 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,250,000 people counted. That is down 14% from 269 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 342 people named Santer.
2 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 20 départements, most often Nord.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
58 people named Santer live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 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.
Who carried it
People named Santer,
with a public archive behind them.
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Benjamin D. Santer 1955– · researcher -
Jacob Philipp Santer 1756–1809 · architect
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Wilhelm Santer 1766–1836 · copper engraver
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Selma Becker 1878–1943
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Mark Santer 1936–2024 · politician
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Jacques Santer 1937– · lawyer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Santer.
- 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
- Santelli 1,469 · U.S. census
- Santerre 720 · U.S. census
- Santi 1,566 · U.S. census
- Santiago 122,212 · U.S. census
- Santilli 1,549 · U.S. census
- Santin 630 · U.S. census
- Santinelli 126 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Santer is.
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