Santal Surname
Approximately 4,789 people bear this surname
Santal Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 4,650 | 1:164,960 | 10,254 |
| France | 61 | 1:1,088,897 | 118,069 |
| Indonesia | 31 | 1:4,266,103 | 213,470 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Santal (833) may also be a first name.
Santal Demographics
Average Santal Salary in
United States
$18,975 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Santal Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Santal Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Santal (Arabic: سانتيل, Bengali: সাঁওতাল, Hindi: सन्तल, Marathi: संतल, Oriya: ସାାଳ, Russian: Сантал) is carried by more people in India than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Santal? popularity and diffusion
The surname Santal is the 98,941st most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,521,726 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 98 percent of Santal are found; 97 percent are found in South Asia and 97 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 282,935th most frequently held forename on earth. It is borne by 833 people.
The last name is most widespread in India, where it is carried by 4,650 people, or 1 in 164,960. In India Santal is most numerous in: West Bengal, where 43 percent live, Assam, where 35 percent live and Tripura, where 20 percent live. Beside India it occurs in 22 countries. It is also found in France, where 1 percent live and Indonesia, where 1 percent live.
Santal Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Santal has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 700 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Santal Last Name Statistics demography
Santal earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 56.02% less than the national average, earning $18,975 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Santal Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Santal in the Oriya language | ||
| ସାାଳ | saala | 84.09 |
| ଶାାଳ | saala | 6.82 |
| ସାାଲ | saala | 4.55 |
| େସନା | esana | 2.27 |
| େଲୁସାାଲ | elusaala | 2.27 |
| Santal in the Bengali language | ||
| সাঁওতাল | samotala | 58.74 |
| সাওতাল | sa'otala | 36.94 |
| সাওঁতাল | sa'omtala | 3.24 |
| সাউতাল | sa'utala | 0.18 |
| Santal in the Hindi language | ||
| सन्तल | santala | 55.56 |
| संतल | santala | 25 |
| सान्तल | santala | 8.33 |
| सन्ताल | santala | 5.56 |
| संतलाल | santalala | 5.56 |
| Santal in the Marathi language | ||
| संतल | santala | 33.33 |
| सांतळ | santala | 33.33 |
| सान्ताल | santala | 16.67 |
| संताळ | santala | 16.67 |
| Santal in the Russian language | ||
| Сантал | santal | - |
| Santal in the Arabic language | ||
| سانتيل | santyl | - |
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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 Santal
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