Santau Surname
Approximately 26 people bear this surname
Santau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Romania | 4 | 1:5,019,468 | 62,922 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Santau (137) may also be a first name.
Santau Demographics
Santau Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Santau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Santau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Santau (Hindi: सन्तऊ, Russian: Сантау) is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of Santau click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Santau? popularity and diffusion
Santau is the 3,882,373rd most commonly occurring surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 280,290,228 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 42 percent of Santau are found; 27 percent are found in West Africa and 27 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Santau is also the 790,880th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world It is held by 137 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 25,306,108. In Nigeria Santau is primarily concentrated in: Sokoto, where 100 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria it exists in 8 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 15 percent reside and Romania, where 15 percent reside.
Santau Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Santau has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Santau surname decreased 33 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Santau Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Santau Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Santau in the Hindi language | ||
| सन्तऊ | santa'u | 44.12 |
| संतऊ | santa'u | 23.53 |
| सन्तौ | santau | 20.59 |
| सन्तउ | santa'u | 5.88 |
| संतौ | santau | 2.94 |
| सांतौ | santau | 2.94 |
| Santau in the Russian language | ||
| Сантау | santau | - |
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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 Santau
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