San Luís Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mexico
Highest density in:
Venezuela

San Luís Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

San Luís Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459

The alternate forms: San Luis (7,649) & San Luìs (1) are calculated separately.

San Luís Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name San Luís Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name San Luís is held by more people in Mexico than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant: San Luis or San Luìs. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name San Luís? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 10,311,814th most frequent family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The surname San Luís is mostly found in The Americas, where 67 percent of San Luís live; 33 percent live in North America and 33 percent live in Hispano-North America.

The surname San Luís is most numerous in Mexico, where it is carried by 1 people, or 1 in 124,126,205. In Mexico it is mostly concentrated in: San Luis Potosí, where 100 percent live. Apart from Mexico this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Spain, where 33 percent live and Venezuela, where 33 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
San Luis967,649/
San Luìs961/
San Lu861/
San Lau802/
San Lou801/
San Les801/
San Lui801/
San Liu801/
San-Luis758/
San Luiz754/
San Li718/
San Lee67125/
San Hla674/
San Lai673/
San Lez671/
San Lay671/
San Lei671/
San Lloyd591/
San-Lee531/

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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 San Luís
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