Santacruz History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Spain

From the historical and enchanting region of Spain emerged a multitude of noble families, including the distinguished Santacruz 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 Santacruz 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 Santacruz family

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

Early History of the Santacruz family

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

Santacruz Spelling Variations

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

Early Notables of the Santacruz family

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Santacruz Ranking

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

Santacruz migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Santacruz Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Francisco Santacruz, who landed in Peru in 1853 2

Citations +

"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)