Santamaria
Santamaria 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.
People
Notable people with the surname include:- Santamaria, Portuguese footballer
- Abel Santamaría, leader in the Cuban Revolutionary movement
- Adriana Martin Santamaria, Spanish international footballer
- Álvaro Santamaría, Colombian former footballer
- Anderson Santamaría, Peruvian football central defender
- Aristodemo Santamaria, Italian footballer
- Arno Santamaria, French singer-songwriter
- B. A. Santamaria, Australian political activist and journalist
- Baptiste Santamaria, French footballer
- Borja García Santamaría, Spanish footballer
- Carlos Sanz de Santamaría, 18th Permanent Representative of Colombia to the UN
- Carmen Quesada Santamaría, Costa Rican politician and teacher
- Christian Santamaría, retired Honduran football player
- Claudio Santamaria, Italian actor
- David Santamaria, American soccer player
- Dom Santamaria, drummer from the Australian band Epicure
- Domingo Caycedo Santamaria, former Vice-president of Gran Colombia
- Elvira Santamaría, Argentine ballet dancer, milonguera and choreographer
- Enrique Sanz de Santamaría, Colombian-American sports executive
- Eva Santamaría, Spanish singer
- Fabio Santamaria, Cuban wrestler
- Gorka Santamaría, Spanish footballer
- Grimoaldo Santamaria, Italian Roman Catholic clerical student from the Passionists
- Guillermo París Sanz de Santamaría, Colombian businessman
- Guillermo Silva Santamaria, Colombian painter, printmaker and Surrealist
- Haydée Santamaría, Cuban revolutionary and politician
- Higinio Ortúzar Santamaria, Chilean footballer
- Ignacio Pérez Santamaria, Spanish retired footballer
- Ingrid Sala Santamaria, Filipina pianist
- Jodi Santamaria, Filipina actress
- José Santamaría, Uruguayan football player and coach
- José Luis Santamaría, Spanish footballer
- José Antonio Santamaría, Spanish footballer
- Josep Santamaría, Spanish politician
- Joseph Santamaria, Australian jurist and judge of the Court of Appeal of the Supreme Court of Victoria
- Juan Santamaría, national hero of Costa Rica
- Kamahl Santamaria, New Zealand television journalist
- Kevin Santamaría, Salvadoran footballer
- Luis Santamaría, Honduran footballer
- Luis Fraiz Santamaria, Panamanian footballer
- María Elena Santamaría Gómez, Mexican pro wrestler
- Maria Helen Bella Avenila Santamaria, Filipina actress and singer
- Mario Santamaria, Nicaraguan boxer
- Mauricio Cárdenas Santamaría, Colombian politician and 69th Minister of Finance
- Mauricio Santa María Salamanca, Colombian economist and politician
- Miguel Álvarez Santamaría, Mexican politician
- Mikel Santamaría, Spanish footballer
- Mongo Santamaría, Afro-Cuban Latin jazz percussionist
- Monika Santa Maria, Filipina-Malaysian fashion model
- Nadia Calviño Santamaría, Spanish economist and civil servant
- Nathalie Santamaria, French singer
- Orlando Santamaría, Cuban sports shooter
- Pedro Santamaría, Spanish cyclist
- Roberto Santamaría Ciprián, Spanish footballer
- Roberto Santamaría Calavia, Spanish footballer
- Sabrina Santamaria, American tennis player of Filipino and Panamanian descent
- Santi Santamaria, Spanish Catalan chef
- Santiago Santamaría, Argentine footballer
- Sergio Santamaría, Spanish footballer
- Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría, Spanish People's Party politician
- Stéphane Santamaria, French canoeist
- Wilson Santamaría, Bolivian lawyer, politician, and sociologist
- Yūsuke Santamaria, stage name of Yūsuke Nakayama, a Japanese playwright, singer and graphics designer