Santeria Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Argentina
Highest density in:
Argentina

Santeria Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Santeria Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Santería (1) are calculated separately.

Santeria (65) may also be a first name.

Santeria Last Name Facts

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

The last name Santeria is found most frequently in Argentina. It can also be found in the variant forms: Santería. For other potential spellings of Santeria click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Santeria? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 8,968,613th most commonly occurring family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name Santeria is primarily found in The Americas, where 75 percent of Santeria are found; 50 percent are found in North America and 25 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Santeria is also the 1,212,820th most common first name throughout the world. It is borne by 65 people.

It is most commonly used in Argentina, where it is carried by 1 people, or 1 in 42,743,414. Without taking into account Argentina this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Mexico, where 25 percent reside and Russia, where 25 percent reside.

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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 Santeria
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