Santja Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Santja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 8 | 1:254,070 | 15,268 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Santja (18) may also be a first name.
Santja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Santja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Santja is most common in Lesotho. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Santja? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 6,360,413th most frequent surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. The last name Santja is primarily found in Africa, where 89 percent of Santja live; 89 percent live in Southern Africa and 89 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,608,198th most prevalent given name globally It is held by 18 people.
It is most commonly held in Lesotho, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 254,070. In Lesotho it is most numerous in: Mokhotlong District, where 88 percent are found and Leribe District, where 13 percent are found. Other than Lesotho Santja exists in one country. It also occurs in India, where 11 percent are found.
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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 Santja
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