Saint-Sans Surname

2,979,664th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 43 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Saint-Sans Surname

For the meaning of this name, see: Saint & Sans.

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Saint-Sans Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France411:1,620,066149,911
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Saint-Sans Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Saint-Sans Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Saint-Sans occurs more in France more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Saint-Sans? popularity and diffusion

The last name Saint-Sans is the 2,979,664th most numerous last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 169,477,812 people. The surname Saint-Sans is predominantly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Saint-Sans reside; 98 percent reside in Western Europe and 95 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.

This surname is most numerous in France, where it is borne by 41 people, or 1 in 1,620,066. In France it is most numerous in: Normandy, where 71 percent live, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 17 percent live and Île-de-France, where 7 percent live. Other than France Saint-Sans occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 2 percent live and India, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Saint-Saens9583/
Saint-Saëns952/
Saint Sans9034/
Saintsaens902/
Saint-Sens901/
Saint Saens8669/
Santosans847/
Syantsyanzi671/
Zanete Sansao611/
Sindezanza501/

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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 Saint-Sans
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