Santal Surname

98,941st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,789 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
India

Santal Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Santal Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India4,6501:164,96010,254
France611:1,088,897118,069
Indonesia311:4,266,103213,470
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Uganda51:7,807,856134,263
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
Cameroon51:4,153,814129,697
Bangladesh41:39,839,19317,324
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Niger21:9,596,00886,358
Romania21:10,038,93580,612
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
New Caledonia11:276,22310,363
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Santal (833) may also be a first name.

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

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Santal in the Oriya language
ସାାଳsaala84.09
ଶାାଳsaala6.82
ସାାଲsaala4.55
େସନାesana2.27
େଲୁସାାଲelusaala2.27
Santal in the Bengali language
সাঁওতালsamotala58.74
সাওতালsa'otala36.94
সাওঁতালsa'omtala3.24
সাউতালsa'utala0.18
Santal in the Hindi language
सन्तलsantala55.56
संतलsantala25
सान्तलsantala8.33
सन्तालsantala5.56
संतलालsantalala5.56
Santal in the Marathi language
संतलsantala33.33
सांतळsantala33.33
सान्तालsantala16.67
संताळsantala16.67
Santal in the Russian language
Санталsantal-
Santal in the Arabic language
سانتيلsantyl-

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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Santal
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