The Santillan surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 13,081 people carried this name — #2,756 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 22,600 people counted. That is up 50% from 8,729 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Santillan surname

From Spanish Santillán.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Santillan» (English), 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 60,509 people named Santillan 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 23,974
Santiago del Estero 10,378
Tucumán 5,943
Córdoba 3,582
Salta 3,391
Santa Fe 2,561
Catamarca 2,067
City of Buenos Aires 2,002

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

27 people named Santillan live in Switzerland.

They live in 5 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

Zurich 9
Vaud 7
Aargau 4
Geneva 4
Ticino 3

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 print

Santillan in American newspapers,
1921–1930.

Newspaper page from La Prensa carrying the name Santillan
La Prensa 1921-10-19
Newspaper page from El Tucsonense carrying the name Santillan
El Tucsonense 1930-10-30
Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Santillan
Evening Star 1925-02-27

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 285 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Santillan in Australian newspapers,
1930s–1940s.

54 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Santillan. The most, 33, date from the 1940s.

Articles, by state

ACT (Canberra) 1
New South Wales 1
Victoria 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Santillan.

In the public record

People named Santillan,
in the records of 2 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States133 records

133 records of the Santillan name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 97
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 26
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 9
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Alfonso Santillan

    Born 1918 in California. Enlisted 1941 at Los Angeles; machine shop worker. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2000, buried at Resurrection Cemetery, Rosemead, California.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Alberto Santillan

    U.S. Army veteran of World War II. Born 1909, died 1988; buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. The receipt card sent under the U.S. Alien Registration Act of 1940
    Example: U.S. alien registration card, 1940s
    Alien registration Lucrecia E. Santillan

    Born 1895 in Mexico. Registered as a foreign national in Laredo, Texas, under the Alien Registration Act of 1940.

    U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain)

Showing 3 of 133 records for Santillan in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain); Alien Registration Receipt Card, Form AR-3, photo by Bobjgalindo via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).

France1 record

1 record of the Santillan name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Jose-Ramon Santillan

    Born 1932 in Spain; died 1998 in Lyon (Rhône).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

Nearby in the index

Surnames next to Santillan.

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