Santos Family History
- Santos Name Meaning
- 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. 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.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 2,227,628 Historical Documents with Santos on Ancestry
- 1,789,627 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 137,973 Census and Voter Lists
- 22,253 Military Records
- 163,610 Immigration Records
- 114,165 Member Trees
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Number of Santos families
 225 - 448  76 - 224 |
 1 - 75  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Santos families
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12 - 22 5 - 11 |
1 - 4 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Santos families
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2 - 1 2 - 1 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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from 1880 Federal Census Data
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- All Santos
- 29
- Confederate
- 18
- Union
- 11
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