Santelena Surname

4,034,050th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 24 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Brazil

Santelena Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Santelena Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil191:11,267,070228,483
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384

Santelena Last Name Facts

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

The last name Santelena occurs more in Brazil more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Santelena? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,034,050th most prevalent surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 303,647,746 people. The last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 88 percent of Santelena reside; 79 percent reside in South America and 79 percent reside in Luso-South America.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Brazil, where it is carried by 19 people, or 1 in 11,267,070. In Brazil it is primarily found in: Rio Grande do Sul, where 42 percent live, São Paulo, where 37 percent live and Santa Catarina, where 21 percent live. Not including Brazil it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Italy, where 13 percent live and Mexico, where 8 percent live.

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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 Santelena
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