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The santos Surname

santos Name Meaning and History

  1. from a personal name, byname, or nickname, dos Santos (from Spanish Todos los Santos ‘All Saints’, Portuguese Todos os santos), typically bestowed on a child born on All Saints’ Day.
  2. in many cases, a habitational name from any of the places named Santos, from the dedication of a local church or shrine to all the saints. This is a very common Portuguese surname.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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The santos name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the santos family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of santos Families in the US in 1920
Number of santos families
 225-448
 76-224		 1-75
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 165 - Messages: 334
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ancestors/family tree miguel angel santos jr 20
Santos nllf 3
Santos roots ptofview 6
Joseph SANTOS Family-Azores to Mass, USA Katherine 1
Furtado, Santos, Silva TracyCampiotti 0
FARIA, SANTOS, SILVA, PERRY Otilia F. Santos 10
DE LOS SANTOS, Queretaro, Mexico KDavis6916 0
dos Santos Family Line Jorge dos Santos 5
Staff Sgt. Fernando Santos of San Antonio, Texas, died Aug 2, 2007 I_Volunteer 0
Santos-Furtado Tracy_campiotti 0
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