Santalma Surname
Approximately 44 people bear this surname
Santalma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 37 | 1:4,787,642 | 126,894 |
| Niger | 6 | 1:3,198,670 | 54,540 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
Santalma (56) may also be a first name.
Santalma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Santalma Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Santalma is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Santalma? popularity and diffusion
The last name Santalma is the 2,944,094th most frequently occurring surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 165,626,044 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Santalma reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 84 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,321,957th most commonly occurring forename worldwide, borne by 56 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 37 people, or 1 in 4,787,642. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Borno, where 51 percent live, Yobe, where 35 percent live and Gombe, where 14 percent live. Other than Nigeria Santalma occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 14 percent live and Chile, where 2 percent live.
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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 Santalma
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