Santos (surname)


Santos is a surname of Christian origin in Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, French, Maltese and Filipino languages. The English translation of Santos is Saints. A singular version, Santo, may be seen.
It is a very common last name of Christian origin among the poorest and descendants of slaves in the state of Bahia, the province with the largest number of slaves in Brazil. From the end of the Brazilian Empire and the abolition of slavery in Brazil, at the end of the nineteenth century, many former slaves in the province started to use the Santos surname as identification toponymic origin of the Bay of All Saints. An example is a slave who had no name, after the abolition became Manuel Santos, Manuel a common name in Portuguese-speaking countries and Santos to indicate that he was of Bahian origin. It was also a way to shorten the names of Brazilians, if it were not so would: Manuel da Bahia de Todos os Santos.
There are also other Iberian grammatical forms that are De Santo, De Santos, Del Santo, Santi, Santis, Santiz, Senti, Sentis and others. It is a name associated with many famous people:

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