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

Santivañez, 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 Santivañez surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Santivañez in America

Santivañez is the 78567th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Santivañez surname appeared 243 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 Santivañez.

We can also compare 2010 data for Santivañez 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 Santivañez

The surname SANTIVANEZ is of Spanish origin and is believed to have first emerged in the 15th century in the region of Castile, located in central Spain. It is thought to be derived from the Spanish words "santo" (saint) and "ivan" (a variant of the name Juan, meaning John), potentially indicating an ancestral connection to someone named Juan who was considered holy or saintly.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the SANTIVANEZ surname can be found in a manuscript from the year 1492, which mentions a certain Rodrigo SANTIVANEZ, a soldier who participated in the Spanish conquest of Granada. This suggests that the name was already established in Spain by the late 15th century.

In the 16th century, the SANTIVANEZ name began appearing in various Spanish colonial records, particularly in Mexico and other parts of the Americas. This indicates that individuals bearing this surname likely accompanied the Spanish conquistadors during the exploration and settlement of the New World.

One notable figure with the SANTIVANEZ surname was Juan SANTIVANEZ, a Spanish explorer born in 1542 who is credited with leading an expedition to the Pacific coast of present-day Ecuador in 1578. His exploits were documented in several historical accounts from that period.

Another prominent individual was Father Pedro SANTIVANEZ, a Jesuit priest born in 1612 in Seville, Spain. He traveled to the Spanish colonies in the Americas and was renowned for his missionary work among the indigenous populations of what is now Bolivia and Peru.

In the 18th century, the SANTIVANEZ surname appears in records from the Spanish colonial settlement of Santa Fe, which later became part of modern-day New Mexico in the United States. This suggests that some members of the SANTIVANEZ family had established themselves in this region during the Spanish colonial era.

One significant figure from this time was Don Carlos SANTIVANEZ, a wealthy landowner and rancher born in 1738 in Santa Fe. He was known for his extensive property holdings and his involvement in local politics and community affairs.

Finally, in the 19th century, there are records of a General Esteban SANTIVANEZ, a military officer born in 1815 in Mexico, who played a role in the Mexican-American War and the subsequent struggle for Mexican independence.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Santivañez

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

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 Santivañez 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 Santivañez 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 Santivañez was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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