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 last name Santja occurs in Lesotho more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Santja click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Santja? popularity and diffusion
The surname Santja is the 6,360,413th most prevalent family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 89 percent of Santja are found; 89 percent are found in Southern Africa and 89 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,608,198th most common first name world-wide, borne by 18 people.
This last name is most numerous in Lesotho, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 254,070. In Lesotho it is mostly found in: Mokhotlong District, where 88 percent are found and Leribe District, where 13 percent are found. Besides Lesotho this last name occurs 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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