Santos History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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• Portugal
• Spain

Etymology of Santos

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

Early History of the Santos family

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

Santos Spelling Variations

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

Early Notables of the Santos family

• were Francisco Santos, seventeenth century Spanish writer
• eighteenth century Spanish adventurer Felipe Santos Toro
• eighteenth century Spanish nobleman Cristóbal de Santos Argueta, made Count of Argelejo in 1711
• nineteenth century Uruguayan general and politician Máximo Santos
• José Santos Zelaya, nineteenth century President of Nicaragua

Santos World Ranking

the United States, the name Santos is the 347^th most popular surname with an estimated 77,097 people with that name. 1 However, in Canada, the name Santos is ranked the 842^nd most popular surname with an estimated 6,350 people with that name. 2 And in France, the name Santos is the 983^rd popular surname with an estimated 5,348 people with that name. 3 South America ranks Santos as 76^th with 61 people. 4