Mendes dos Santos Surname

120,312th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,813 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Cape Verde

Mendes dos Santos Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Mendes 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
Brazil3,6681:58,3632,200
France561:1,186,120124,657
Cape Verde411:12,918454
Thailand291:2,435,805267,220
São Tomé and Príncipe81:22,1781,188
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
Switzerland41:2,053,22997,179
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155

Mendes dos Santos Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mendes dos Santos is found most frequently in Brazil. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

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

Mendes dos Santos is the 120,312th most numerous family name in the world, held by around 1 in 1,911,237 people. It is predominantly found in The Americas, where 96 percent of Mendes dos Santos live; 96 percent live in South America and 96 percent live in Luso-South America.

The surname is most common in Brazil, where it is borne by 3,668 people, or 1 in 58,363. In Brazil it is mostly found in: São Paulo, where 21 percent reside, Bahia, where 16 percent reside and Minas Gerais, where 11 percent reside. Barring Brazil this surname occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in France, where 1 percent reside and Cape Verde, where 1 percent reside.

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
Mendesdos Santos971/
Mendez dos Santos941/
Mendos dos Santos941/
Montes dos Santos8822/
Mendes-Dos-Santos881/
Mintz dos Santos791/
Montez dos Santos763/

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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 Mendes dos Santos
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