Santeff Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
Uruguay

Santeff Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Santeff Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France21:33,211,361423,184
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295

Santeff Last Name Facts

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

Santeff is more commonly found in France than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Santeff? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 10,311,814th most commonly held last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 67 percent of Santeff are found; 67 percent are found in Western Europe and 67 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.

Santeff is most frequent in France, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 33,211,361. In France Santeff is most numerous in: Hauts-de-France, where 50 percent are found and Île-de-France, where 50 percent are found. Aside from France Santeff occurs in one country. It also occurs in Uruguay, where 33 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sainteff9321/
Santieff9312/
Santiff8631/
Shonteff8011/
Seinteff801/
Santev77132/
Santeb778/
Santew772/
Santif771/
Santeva7197/
Santeev7110/
Shantev713/
Sountef711/
Santiev711/
Shantiev6724/
Shanteva673/
Shanteev672/
Saintiev671/
Shanteaw670/

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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 Santeff
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