Lima-dos Santos Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Spain
Highest density in:
Luxembourg

Lima-dos Santos Surname

For the meaning of this name, see: Lima & dos Santos.

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Lima-dos 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
Spain71:6,678,86292,666
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155

Lima-dos Santos Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Lima-dos Santos Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Lima-dos Santos is held by more people in Spain than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Lima-dos Santos.

How Common Is The Last Name Lima-dos Santos? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 6,723,624th most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Lima-dos Santos are found; 88 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 88 percent are found in Iberian Europe.

Lima-dos Santos is most prevalent in Spain, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 6,678,862. In Spain Lima-dos Santos is most numerous in: Galicia, where 100 percent live. Besides Spain this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Luxembourg, where 13 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
Lima dos Santos937,315/
Lim dos Santos902/
Limao dos Santos901/
Liima dos Santos901/
Laiem dos Santos841/
Lima Dias Santos841/
Lamoya dos Santos811/
Lima de Sa Santos811/
Leme dos Santos80136/
Lamy dos Santos803/
Lemi dos Santos801/
Lami dos Santos801/
Lyom dos Santos801/
Lumi dos Santos801/
Lameu dos Santos7711/
Lomeu dos Santos774/
Louamy dos Santos751/
Luyami dos Santos751/
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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 Lima-dos Santos
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