The Santiago surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 122,212 people carried this name — #248 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,410 people counted. That is up 34% from 90,967 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 5,680 people named Santiago 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 1,780 people named Santiago.
808 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 60 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
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
303 people named Santiago live in Switzerland.
They live in 16 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 the Nordic population registers
68 people named Santiago 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
Santiago in American newspapers,
1898.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 435,163 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Santiago,
with a public archive behind them.
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Bataha Santiago 1622–1675 · monarch -
José Santiago 1865–1925 · writer -
Magdalena Santiago Fuentes 1873–1922 · writer -
Francisco Santiago 1889–1947 · composer -
Manoel Santiago 1897–1987 · painter
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 233 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Santiago.
- Santarelli 912 · U.S. census
- Sante 314 · U.S. census
- Santelli 1,469 · U.S. census
- Santer 230 · U.S. census
- Santerre 720 · U.S. census
- Santi 1,566 · U.S. census
- Santilli 1,549 · U.S. census
- Santin 630 · U.S. census
- Santinelli 126 · U.S. census
- Santini 3,680 · U.S. census
- Santo 4,620 · U.S. census
- Santon 249 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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