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Early Origins of the Santamaria family

The surname Santamaria was first found in Castile, in north central Spain.

Early History of the Santamaria family

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Santamaria Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Santa Maria, Santa Marie, St. Maria, St. Marie and many more.

Early Notables of the Santamaria family

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Santamaria Ranking

In the United States, the name Santamaria is the 6,520th most popular surname with an estimated 4,974 people with that name. 1 However, in France, the name Santamaria is ranked the 4,794th most popular surname with an estimated 1,500 - 2,000 people with that name. 2


United States Santamaria migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Santamaria Settlers in United States in the 16th Century
  • Alonso De Santa Maria who settled in Florida in 1587
  • Diego De Santa Maria who arrived in America in 1596
Santamaria Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Juan Santa Maria who immigrated to Puerto Rico in 1803
  • Miguel Santa Maria who settled in Philadelphia in 1816
  • Fidel Santamaria, who landed in Puerto Rico in 1884 3
  • Abraham Santamaria, aged 29, who settled in America, in 1896
Santamaria Settlers in United States in the 20th Century
  • Agostino Santamaria, aged 4, who landed in America from Licata, in 1907
  • Alfonso Santamaria, aged 29, who settled in America, in 1909
  • Adolfo Santamaria, aged 53, who immigrated to the United States, in 1910
  • Alexander Santamaria, aged 22, who landed in America from Santanda, Spain, in 1918
  • Alejandro Santamaria, aged 22, who landed in America, in 1919
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Contemporary Notables of the name Santamaria (post 1700) +

  • Sergio Santamaría González (b. 1980), Spanish retired footballer
  • Ramón "Mongo" Santamaría Rodríguez (1922-2003), Cuban rumba quinto master and an Afro-Cuban Latin jazz percussionist, inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998
  • Bartholomew Augustine "B.A." Santamaria (1915-1998), Australian social and political writer, inspiration for the founding of the Democratic Labor Party (DLP)
  • José Santamaria Iglesias (b. 1929), Uruguayan former football player and coach
  • Domingo Santa Maria González (1825-1889), president of Chile between 1881 and 1886
  • Jodi Santamaria (b. 1982), Filipina actress
  • Francisco J. Santamaria (1886-1963), Mexican writer and politician
  • Claudio Santamaria (b. 1974), Italian actor


  1. "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
  2. http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
  3. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)


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