Santamo Surname

1,198,640th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 197 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Santamo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Santamo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya1871:246,95116,928
Finland61:916,11741,832
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:5,021,868210,693

Santamo (42) may also be a first name.

Santamo Last Name Facts

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

Santamo (Russian: Сантамо) is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Santamo? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,198,640th most frequently occurring family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 36,992,619 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Santamo are found; 95 percent are found in East Africa and 90 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 1,566,439th most common given name on earth, borne by 42 people.

The last name Santamo is most numerous in Kenya, where it is borne by 187 people, or 1 in 246,951. In Kenya Santamo is most prevalent in: Kajiado County, where 93 percent are found, Nakuru County, where 5 percent are found and Narok County, where 2 percent are found. Apart from Kenya this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Finland, where 3 percent are found and Russia, where 1 percent are found.

Santamo Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Santamo last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

Santamo Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Santamo in the Russian language
Сантамоsantamo-

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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 Santamo
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