Pena Santos Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Brazil

Pena Santos Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pena Santos Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil271:7,928,679178,836
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

The alternate forms: Peña Santos (32) are calculated separately.

Pena Santos Last Name Facts

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

Pena Santos occurs most in Brazil. It may also occur in the variant forms: Peña Santos. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

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

The last name is the 3,730,171st most commonly used surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 260,269,497 people. This surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 96 percent of Pena Santos reside; 96 percent reside in South America and 96 percent reside in Luso-South America.

Pena Santos is most frequently held in Brazil, where it is held by 27 people, or 1 in 7,928,679. In Brazil Pena Santos is mostly found in: Bahia, where 22 percent live, Minas Gerais, where 19 percent live and São Paulo, where 19 percent live. Other than Brazil it occurs in one country. It is also common in Switzerland, where 4 percent live.

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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 Pena Santos
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