Santa'cruz History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Spain

Etymology of Santa'cruz

What does the name Santa'cruz mean?

From the historical and enchanting region of Spain emerged a multitude of noble families, including the distinguished Santa'cruz family. Originally, the Spanish people were known only by a single name. The process by which hereditary surnames were adopted in Spain is extremely interesting. Surnames evolved during the Middle Ages when people began to assume an extra name to avoid confusion and to further identify themselves. Often they adopted names that were derived from nicknames. Nickname surnames were derived from an eke-name, or added name. They usually reflected the physical characteristics or attributes of the first person that used the name. The name Santa'cruz is a nickname type of surname for a person who was born on All Saint's Day. In the medieval chronicles, the name was originally recorded in the Latin form Sanctorum.

Early Origins of the Santa'cruz family

The surname Santa'cruz was first found in Castile, predominant among the Christian kingdoms of medieval Spain.

Early History of the Santa'cruz family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Santa'cruz research. Another 77 words (6 lines of text) covering the years 1155 and 1711 are included under the topic Early Santa'cruz History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Santa'cruz Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: disanto, Santos, Santo, Santero, Dossantos, Di Santo and many more.

Early Notables of the Santa'cruz family

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Santa'cruz Ranking

the United States, the name Santa'cruz is the 7,065^th most popular surname with an estimated 4,974 people with that name. 1

Santa'cruz migration to the United States +

Santa'cruz Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Francisco Santacruz, who landed in Peru in 1853 2

Sources +

"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
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)