Santaniemi Surname

1,649,806th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 121 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Finland
Highest density in:
Finland

Santaniemi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Santaniemi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Finland1041:52,8536,329
Sweden141:703,34052,204
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Italy11:61,156,688199,583

Santaniemi Last Name Facts

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

The surname Santaniemi has its highest incidence in Finland. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Santaniemi? popularity and diffusion

Santaniemi is the 1,649,806th most widely held surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 60,227,652 people. It is primarily found in Europe, where 99 percent of Santaniemi are found; 98 percent are found in Northern Europe and 98 percent are found in Scandinavia.

The last name is most prevalent in Finland, where it is carried by 104 people, or 1 in 52,853. In Finland it is most numerous in: Northern Ostrobothnia, where 32 percent are found, Uusimaa, where 20 percent are found and Pirkanmaa, where 13 percent are found. Besides Finland this surname is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Sweden, where 12 percent are found and Belarus, where 1 percent are found.

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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 Santaniemi
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