Castro Santos Surname

933,049th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 282 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Cape Verde

Castro Santos Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Castro Santos Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil2771:772,83228,098
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Cape Verde11:529,6426,792
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
England11:55,718,059489,080

Castro Santos Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Castro Santos Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Castro Santos has its highest incidence in Brazil. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Castro Santos? popularity and diffusion

Castro Santos is the 933,049th most frequently occurring last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 25,842,361 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 99 percent of Castro Santos live; 99 percent live in South America and 98 percent live in Luso-South America.

Castro Santos is most commonly used in Brazil, where it is carried by 277 people, or 1 in 772,832. In Brazil it is most numerous in: Bahia, where 22 percent reside, São Paulo, where 21 percent reside and Rio de Janeiro, where 9 percent reside. Not including Brazil this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Switzerland, where 1 percent reside and Cape Verde, where 0 percent reside.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Castro Santos
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