Santamaria
Santamaria (also spelled Santamaría or Santa Maria) is a surname from the Latin Arch in Europe. The name, a reference to the Blessed Virgin Mary meaning Holy Mary or Saint Mary, means the same thing in the Spanish, Italian, Portuguese and Catalan languages. In Arabic, the equivalent name is Mariam. The surname has spread to the Americas, especially South America, via immigration and colonisation.Notable people with the surname include:

Santamaria (footballer) (born 1982), Portuguese footballer
Abel Santamaría (1927–1953), leader in the Cuban Revolutionary movement
Adriana Martin Santamaria (born 1986), Spanish international footballer
Álvaro Santamaría (born 1950), Colombian former footballer
Anderson Santamaría (born 1992), Peruvian football central defender
Aristodemo Santamaria (1892–1974), Italian footballer
Arno Santamaria (born 1978), French singer-songwriter
B. A. Santamaria (1915–1998), Australian political activist and journalist
Baptiste Santamaria (born 1995), French footballer
Borja García Santamaría (born 1990), Spanish footballer
Carlos Sanz de Santamaría (1905–1992), 18th Permanent Representative of Colombia to the UN
Carmen Quesada Santamaría (born 1969), Costa Rican politician and teacher
Christian Santamaría (born 1972), retired Honduran football player
Claudio Santamaria (born 1974), Italian actor
David Santamaria (born 1990), American soccer player
Dom Santamaria (born 1979), drummer from the Australian band Epicure
Domingo Caycedo Santamaria, former Vice-president of Gran Colombia
Elvira Santamaría (1929–1999), Argentine ballet dancer, milonguera and choreographer
Enrique Sanz de Santamaría (born 1974), Colombian-American sports executive
Eva Santamaría (born 1971), Spanish singer
Fabio Santamaria (born 1925), Cuban wrestler
Gorka Santamaría (born 1995), Spanish footballer
Grimoaldo Santamaria (1883–1902), Italian Roman Catholic clerical student from the Passionists
Guillermo París Sanz de Santamaría (1820–1867), Colombian businessman
Guillermo Silva Santamaria (1921–2007), Colombian painter, printmaker and Surrealist
Haydée Santamaría (1922–1980), Cuban revolutionary and politician
Higinio Ortúzar Santamaria (1915–1982), Chilean footballer
Ignacio Pérez Santamaria, Spanish retired footballer
Ingrid Sala Santamaria, Filipina pianist
Jodi Santamaria, Filipina actress
José Santamaría (born 1929), Uruguayan football player and coach
José Luis Santamaría (born 1973), Spanish footballer
José Antonio Santamaría (1946–1993), Spanish footballer
Josep Santamaría (born 1957), Spanish politician
Joseph Santamaria (born 1948), Australian jurist and judge of the Court of Appeal of the Supreme Court of Victoria
Juan Santamaría (1831–1856), national hero of Costa Rica
Kamahl Santamaria (born 1980), New Zealand television journalist
Kevin Santamaría (born 1991), Salvadoran footballer
Luis Santamaría (born 1975), Honduran footballer
Luis Fraiz Santamaria (born 1993), Panamanian football
María Elena Santamaría Gómez, Mexican pro wrestler
Maria Helen Bella Avenila Santamaria, Filipino actress and singer
Mario Santamaria (born 1950), Nicaraguan boxer
Mauricio Cárdenas Santamaría (born 1962), Colombian politician and 69th Minister of Finance
Mauricio Santa María Salamanca (born 1966), Colombian economist and politician
Miguel Álvarez Santamaría (born 1945), Mexican politician
Mikel Santamaría (born 1987), Spanish footballer
Mongo Santamaría (1917–2003), Afro-Cuban Latin jazz percussionist
Monika Santa Maria, Filipina-Malaysian fashion model
Nadia Calviño Santamaría (born 1968), Spanish economist and civil servant
Nathalie Santamaria (born 1973), French singer
Orlando Santamaría (1920–1992), Cuban sports shooter
Pedro Santamaría, Spanish cyclist
Roberto Santamaría Ciprián, Spanish footballer
Roberto Santamaría Calavia, Spanish footballer
Sabrina Santamaria (born 1993), American tennis player of Filipino and Panamanian descent
Santi Santamaria (1957–2011), Spanish Catalan chef
Santiago Santamaría (1952–2013), Argentine footballer
Sendy Santamaria (born 1996), American artist
Sergio Santamaría (born 1980), Spanish footballer
Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría (born 1971), Spanish People's Party politician
Stéphane Santamaria (born 1977), French canoeist
Wilson Santamaría (born 1981), Bolivian lawyer, politician, and sociologist
Yūsuke Santamaria (born 1971), stage name of Yūsuke Santamaria, a Japanese playwright, singer and graphics designer

See also
Santa Maria (disambiguation)


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