Sanctos Surname

2,635,433rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 54 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Brazil

Sanctos Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sanctos Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil491:4,368,864116,514
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Sanctos Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sanctos occurs in Brazil more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sanctos? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,635,433rd most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 134,954,554 people. The last name Sanctos is predominantly found in The Americas, where 96 percent of Sanctos reside; 91 percent reside in South America and 91 percent reside in Luso-South America.

The last name is most frequent in Brazil, where it is carried by 49 people, or 1 in 4,368,864. In Brazil Sanctos is most prevalent in: Rio de Janeiro, where 80 percent reside, São Paulo, where 8 percent reside and Pernambuco, where 4 percent reside. Not including Brazil Sanctos exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 6 percent reside and India, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sancto92182/
Sanctot86167/
Sanctus8646/
Sanjtos861/
Sangtos861/
Xsanctus801/
Sangto77198/
Sancta7729/
Sankto771/
Sanktus7122/
Sangtus718/
Sanktas718/
Siangto718/
Seangto713/
Sangtoh711/
Shangto711/
Sanktot711/
Sangtash67440/
Sangtoop6711/
Sangthas671/
Sangctat671/
Shangtou671/

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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 Sanctos
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