Find out how popular the last name Crisantos is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Crisantos.

Crisantos, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Crisantos surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Crisantos in America

Crisantos is the 47706th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Crisantos surname appeared 444 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Crisantos.

We can also compare 2010 data for Crisantos to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Crisantos

The surname Crisantos is of Spanish origin, derived from the Latin name "Chrysanthus". It is believed to have originated in the late medieval period, around the 13th or 14th century, in the regions of Spain and Portugal.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the Crisantos name can be found in the chronicles of the Spanish conquest of the Americas, where a soldier named Juan Crisantos is mentioned as being part of Hernán Cortés's expedition to Mexico in the early 16th century.

In the 17th century, a notable figure with the surname Crisantos was Pedro Crisantos de Andrade, a Portuguese explorer and navigator who played a significant role in the exploration and mapping of the coasts of Brazil and West Africa.

The name Crisantos has also been linked to various place names in Spain and Portugal, such as the town of Crisanto in the province of Zamora, Spain, and the village of Crisantes in the Algarve region of Portugal. These place names may have influenced the spelling and pronunciation of the surname over time.

As the Spanish Empire expanded, the Crisantos name spread to other parts of the world, including the Americas and the Philippines. One notable individual with this surname was Mariano Crisantos, a Filipino revolutionary who fought against Spanish colonial rule in the late 19th century.

Another prominent figure with the Crisantos surname was José María Crisantos, a Mexican politician and military leader who served as the governor of the state of Michoacán in the mid-19th century.

While the Crisantos name has remained relatively uncommon throughout history, it has persisted in various regions of the world, carrying with it the rich cultural heritage and history of its Spanish and Latin roots.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Crisantos

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Crisantos.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Crisantos was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Crisantos has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Crisantos was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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