Cognomen Santaella (Santaella 
) , around the globe, is quite a common family name. The surname Santaella is habitual in Latin America and the Caribbean, particularly Venezuela, where it is quite a common surname, Puerto Rico, and Bolivia, where it is quite a rare surname. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in Venezuela, Mexico, and Spain. Much less frequently, Santaella is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Santaella | Mexico, Spain, Venezuela, United States, Colombia |
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rodrigo fernández de santaella ES (b. 1444) |
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| ildefonso molina y santaella Roman Catholic bishop (b. 1733) |
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manuel lópez santaella (1804-1867), ES (b. 1804) |
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| demetrio santaella Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico (b. 1805) |
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| inocencia martínez santaella Antillean separatist activist (b. 1866) |
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| pedro ruiz santaella Spanish politician (1893-1936), ES (b. 1893) |
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| anastasio santaella Cuban baseball player, CU (b. 1903) |
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| rafael alcalá santaella ES (b. 1896) |
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| luis lerate santaella composer, violinist, ES (b. 1910) |
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| alicia santaella Chilean writer, CL (b. 1918) |
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| irma vidal santaella Puerto Rican lawyer, US (b. 1924) |
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silvana santaella Venezuelan model, VE (b. 1983) |
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| julio santaella (1938-2019), ES (b. 1938) |
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| lucia santaella BR (b. 1944) |
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| federico santaella pascual Spanish archaeologist and historian, ES (b. 1955) |
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