des Santos Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
France

des Santos Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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des Santos Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
France41:16,605,680368,153
Canada21:18,422,796409,488

des Santos Last Name Facts

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

The surname des Santos is found most in Brazil. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of des Santos click here.

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

The last name is the 6,063,924th most commonly occurring surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. des Santos is primarily found in The Americas, where 60 percent of des Santos are found; 40 percent are found in South America and 40 percent are found in Luso-South America.

The surname des Santos is most widely held in Brazil, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 53,518,583. In Brazil it is mostly concentrated in: Alagoas, where 25 percent live, Paraíba, where 25 percent live and Rio de Janeiro, where 25 percent live. Besides Brazil it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in France, where 40 percent live and Canada, where 20 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
de Santos955,819/
de Santo891,906/
De-Santos841,654/
da Santos84137/
de Cantos8483/
di Santos8444/
de Santas842/
de Santus841/
de Sontos841/
di Santo7811,525/
de Santa781,933/
da Santo789/
De-Santo782/
di Santto7410/
Da-Santos741/
de Santaa741/
da Sontos741/
da Santas741/
da Santa67138/
Di-Santo6734/
di Santa6720/
De-Santa671/
de Chanteau571/
da Sonta561/
de Zonta561/
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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 des Santos
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