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English
Etymology 1
Santo + -s
Proper noun
Santos
- plural of Santo
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Portuguese Santos.
Proper noun
Santos
- A municipality of São Paulo, Brazil
Etymology 3
From Romance (Spanish Santos, Portuguese Santos)
Proper noun
Santos (plural Santoses)
- A surname from the Romance languages
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Santos is the 206th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 137,232 individuals. Santos is most common among Hispanic/Latino (62.20%), White (20.06%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (13.32%) individuals.
Anagrams
Catalan
Etymology
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Proper noun
Santos ?
- Santos
Cebuano
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish.
Proper noun
Santos
- a surname from Spanish
Hiligaynon
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish.
Proper noun
Santos
- a surname from Spanish
Kapampangan
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish.
Proper noun
Santos
- a surname from Spanish
Portuguese
Etymology
From santos, plural of santo (“saint”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Santos
- Santos (a municipality of São Paulo, Brazil)
Proper noun
Santos m or f by sense
- a surname
Spanish
Etymology
From santos (“saints”) (plural of santo).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Santos m or f by sense
- a religious surname
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish santos (“saints”) (plural of santo).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsantos/,
- Hyphenation: San‧tos
Proper noun
Santos (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜈ᜔ᜆᜓᜐ᜔)
- a Christian surname from Spanish, commonly adopted by early Christian Filipinos
Derived terms
Statistics
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Santos is the 6th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 342,746 individuals.