Santao Surname

773,729th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 367 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mali
Highest density in:
Mali

Santao Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Santao Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mali3231:52,5361,331
Philippines251:4,049,529157,830
Brazil121:17,839,528311,080
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Santao (3,862) may also be a first name.

Santao Last Name Facts

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

The surname Santao (Hindi: सन्ताो, Marathi: संताओ) occurs most in Mali. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Santao? popularity and diffusion

The surname Santao is the 773,729th most widely held last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 19,857,073 people. Santao occurs mostly in Africa, where 89 percent of Santao reside; 89 percent reside in West Africa and 88 percent reside in Mande Africa. Santao is also the 112,978th most frequent forename worldwide. It is borne by 3,862 people.

The last name Santao is most frequently held in Mali, where it is carried by 323 people, or 1 in 52,536. Without taking into account Mali it occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 7 percent live and Brazil, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Santao Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Santao in the Hindi language
सन्ताोsantao-
Santao in the Marathi language
संताओsanta'o-

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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 Santao
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