Santerre Name Origin and Family Crest

Santerre shows up clearly in official surname statistics. The 2010 census count for Santerre in the United States was 720, good for rank 32,031. Between 1891 and 2000, 2,537 babies born in France were registered as Santerre, with the most births in 1961–1970. There were 102 such births in the 1890s and 220 in the 1990s.

• Spelling in old records was loose, so search for Santerre under several forms.
• Where a surname's origin is uncertain, as with Santerre, the best clues come from your own ancestors' parish and civil records.

Arms associated with the name

If a Santerre family bore arms, our report explains whose they were and what the blazon shows. Get the complete Santerre report, with a museum-style coat of arms.