Explore the Family Name Santillana

The meaning of Santillana

Spanish: habitational name from one of the towns called Santillana, Santillana del Mar (Cantabria) or Santillana de Campos (Palencia), named from Santa Juliana ‘Saint Julianne’.

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How common is the last name Santillana in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Santillana has increased between 2000 and 2010. The surname's rank improved from 25,754th place in 2000 to 22,892nd place in 2010, marking an 11.11% rise. The count of individuals with this last name also grew by 24.5%, from 898 people in 2000 to 1,118 in 2010. Consequently, the proportion of individuals named Santillana per 100,000 residents increased by 15.15%, from 0.33 in 2000 to 0.38 in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#25,754	#22,892	11.11%
Count	898	1,118	24.5%
Proportion per 100k	0.33	0.38	15.15%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Santillana

The ethnicity breakdown for the surname Santillana also saw some changes between 2000 and 2010, according to the Decennial U.S. Census data. The largest ethnic identity associated with this surname was Hispanic, accounting for 85.86% in 2000 and increasing slightly to 87.03% in 2010. While there was a significant decrease of 25.6% in individuals identifying as White (from 7.46% in 2000 to 5.55% in 2010), the Asian/Pacific Islander category saw an increase of 22.24%. Moreover, there was a new appearance of the surname within the Black community, recorded at 0.72% in 2010, whereas this data was not available or suppressed in 2000. The percentage of American Indian and Alaskan Natives bearing the surname Santillana, however, fell to 0% in 2010 from 1% in 2000.

	2000	2010	Change
Hispanic	85.86%	87.03%	1.36%
Asian/Pacific Islander	4.9%	5.99%	22.24%
White	7.46%	5.55%	-25.6%
Black	0%	0.72%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	1%	0%	0%