Santo Surname
Approximately 89,907 people bear this surname
Santo Surname User-submission:
Sanctus is a Latin surname, which means 'saint'. From this Latin word comes the Italian name Sante and the Iberian forename Santos.
Santo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh | 15,951 | 1:9,990 | 840 |
| Panama | 12,409 | 1:315 | 62 |
| Angola | 10,451 | 1:2,582 | 424 |
| Dominican Republic | 8,142 | 1:1,281 | 206 |
| United States | 5,629 | 1:64,391 | 7,534 |
| Indonesia | 4,468 | 1:29,599 | 3,487 |
| Japan | 4,384 | 1:29,162 | 2,894 |
| Italy | 3,576 | 1:17,102 | 2,918 |
| Portugal | 3,472 | 1:3,001 | 382 |
| Sudan | 2,800 | 1:13,396 | 1,853 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 2,110 | 1:84 | 13 |
| Brazil | 1,908 | 1:112,198 | 4,237 |
| Ecuador | 1,723 | 1:9,231 | 1,493 |
| Argentina | 1,503 | 1:28,439 | 2,375 |
| Philippines | 1,342 | 1:75,438 | 13,034 |
| Spain | 722 | 1:64,754 | 5,838 |
| France | 710 | 1:93,553 | 13,582 |
| Mexico | 657 | 1:188,929 | 5,250 |
| Colombia | 608 | 1:78,576 | 3,238 |
| Australia | 579 | 1:46,625 | 5,835 |
| Saudi Arabia | 517 | 1:59,682 | 8,852 |
| Canada | 494 | 1:74,586 | 8,430 |
| Cuba | 377 | 1:30,564 | 1,569 |
| Kenya | 360 | 1:128,278 | 10,569 |
| DR Congo | 328 | 1:225,243 | 21,937 |
| Germany | 328 | 1:245,443 | 26,770 |
| Malawi | 314 | 1:54,519 | 7,527 |
| Serbia | 313 | 1:22,827 | 2,576 |
| India | 291 | 1:2,635,964 | 82,688 |
| Venezuela | 276 | 1:109,435 | 3,870 |
| England | 219 | 1:254,420 | 20,501 |
| South Africa | 173 | 1:313,166 | 29,785 |
| Morocco | 170 | 1:202,801 | 34,956 |
| Israel | 166 | 1:51,552 | 6,766 |
| Uruguay | 164 | 1:20,925 | 2,417 |
| Peru | 147 | 1:216,219 | 9,624 |
| Nigeria | 138 | 1:1,283,643 | 51,044 |
| Paraguay | 138 | 1:52,440 | 1,489 |
| Croatia | 134 | 1:31,557 | 6,461 |
| Zimbabwe | 130 | 1:118,756 | 16,091 |
| Turkey | 125 | 1:622,571 | 33,138 |
| Egypt | 122 | 1:753,572 | 38,342 |
| Taiwan | 113 | 1:207,476 | 1,777 |
| Romania | 100 | 1:200,779 | 20,025 |
| Russia | 88 | 1:1,637,762 | 109,009 |
| Thailand | 85 | 1:831,039 | 133,417 |
| Chile | 76 | 1:231,796 | 7,107 |
| Switzerland | 68 | 1:120,778 | 12,249 |
| Jamaica | 65 | 1:44,153 | 2,715 |
| Ukraine | 63 | 1:722,582 | 75,033 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 53 | 1:25,735 | 2,796 |
| Uganda | 40 | 1:975,982 | 42,738 |
| Puerto Rico | 36 | 1:98,615 | 1,585 |
| Nicaragua | 31 | 1:194,229 | 2,495 |
| Czechia | 28 | 1:379,767 | 44,481 |
| Liberia | 28 | 1:157,448 | 11,209 |
| Pakistan | 28 | 1:6,380,139 | 37,476 |
| Singapore | 26 | 1:211,835 | 10,313 |
| Mozambique | 25 | 1:1,090,463 | 1,880 |
| South Sudan | 25 | 1:456,603 | 797 |
| Qatar | 22 | 1:107,182 | 11,536 |
| Guam | 21 | 1:7,625 | 1,143 |
| Costa Rica | 20 | 1:239,003 | 2,820 |
| Malaysia | 20 | 1:1,474,711 | 61,770 |
| Greece | 17 | 1:651,752 | 73,285 |
| Cape Verde | 15 | 1:35,309 | 1,317 |
| Iceland | 14 | 1:27,149 | 2,069 |
| Solomon Islands | 14 | 1:41,431 | 8,080 |
| Poland | 13 | 1:2,923,750 | 116,258 |
| Estonia | 12 | 1:110,150 | 19,471 |
| Papua New Guinea | 12 | 1:679,476 | 78,554 |
| Albania | 11 | 1:264,914 | 15,006 |
| East Timor | 9 | 1:135,103 | 179 |
| Netherlands | 9 | 1:1,876,353 | 85,467 |
| Scotland | 9 | 1:594,869 | 21,724 |
| Tunisia | 9 | 1:67,847 | 8,246 |
| Austria | 8 | 1:1,064,429 | 75,134 |
| Belgium | 8 | 1:1,437,080 | 92,692 |
| Sweden | 8 | 1:1,230,845 | 90,587 |
| Guatemala | 6 | 1:2,680,445 | 6,792 |
| Azerbaijan | 4 | 1:2,412,280 | 25,948 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Niger | 4 | 1:4,798,004 | 75,547 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Vanuatu | 4 | 1:65,819 | 1,151 |
| Benin | 3 | 1:3,445,201 | 77,822 |
| Bulgaria | 3 | 1:2,326,302 | 54,089 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 1:2,445,161 | 9,595 |
| Macau | 3 | 1:200,543 | 803 |
| Montenegro | 3 | 1:213,188 | 6,121 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 3 | 1:36,792 | 4,502 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| Cyprus | 2 | 1:442,438 | 9,493 |
| El Salvador | 2 | 1:3,171,944 | 6,376 |
| Honduras | 2 | 1:4,408,221 | 7,709 |
| Latvia | 2 | 1:1,025,023 | 41,546 |
| Nepal | 2 | 1:14,240,478 | 17,812 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| British Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:31,594 | 1,029 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Dominica | 1 | 1:75,891 | 912 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Liechtenstein | 1 | 1:38,378 | 1,726 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Marshall Islands | 1 | 1:51,821 | 2,326 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 34 | 1:716,923 | 33,560 |
| Scotland | 7 | 1:534,745 | 14,325 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:784,208 | 16,349 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 172 | 1:291,969 | 23,310 |
The alternate forms: Santó (8) & Santô (1) are calculated separately.
Santo (203,478) may also be a first name.
Santo Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Sanctus is a Latin surname, which means 'saint'. From this Latin word comes the Italian name Sante and the Iberian forename Santos.
- Leonardo Morantas jrSanto Demographics
Average Santo Salary in
United States
$46,551 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Santo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Santo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Santo (Arabic: صانطو, Bengali: সন্তো, Hindi: सन्तो, Marathi: संतो, Oriya: ସୋ, Russian: Санто, Tibetan: སན་ཏོ་) occurs in Bangladesh more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms: Santó or Santô. Click here to see other possible spellings of Santo.
How Common Is The Last Name Santo? popularity and diffusion
Santo is the 6,287th most commonly used family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 81,056 people. This surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 38 percent of Santo reside; 18 percent reside in South Asia and 18 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 5,126th most widespread first name on earth, held by 203,478 people.
The surname Santo is most prevalent in Bangladesh, where it is borne by 15,951 people, or 1 in 9,990. Aside from Bangladesh Santo occurs in 136 countries. It also occurs in Panama, where 14 percent are found and Angola, where 12 percent are found.
Santo Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Santo has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Santo last name expanded 3,273 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 644 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 129 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it decreased 50 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Santo Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Santo last name are 1.09% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 54.32% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Santo earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 12.47% less than the national average, earning €26,285 per year; in Peru they earn 13.98% less than the national average, earning S/. 16,675 per year; in South Africa they earn 52.54% more than the national average, earning R 362,496 per year; in Colombia they earn 17.84% less than the national average, earning $18,652,700 COP per year; in United States they earn 7.88% more than the national average, earning $46,551 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.64% more than the national average, earning $53,974 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Santo Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Santo in the Tibetan language | ||
| སན་ཏོ་ | sento | - |
| Santo in the Oriya language | ||
| ସୋ | so | 92.31 |
| ସାୋ | sao | 5.13 |
| ଶାୋ | sao | 2.56 |
| Santo in the Marathi language | ||
| संतो | santo | 90.1 |
| संतोष | santosa | 4.63 |
| सन्तो | santo | 2.4 |
| सांतो | santo | 0.8 |
| सटो | sato | 0.32 |
| सॅन्तो | sento | 0.16 |
| संतु | santu | 0.16 |
| Santo in the Hindi language | ||
| सन्तो | santo | 76.76 |
| संतो | santo | 22.07 |
| सनतो | sanato | 0.36 |
| संतॊ | santo | 0.15 |
| सान्तो | santo | 0.15 |
| सन्टो | santo | 0.03 |
| ्सन्तो | santo | 0.01 |
| शन्तो | santo | 0.01 |
| सन्तेा | santea | 0.01 |
| सन्नो | sanno | 0.01 |
| ़सन्तो | santo | 0.01 |
| संत्तो | santto | 0.01 |
| सन्तां | santam | 0.01 |
| संटू | santu | 0.01 |
| संतोा | santoa | 0.01 |
| शांतो | santo | 0.01 |
| सत्तो | satto | 0.01 |
| सांतो | santo | 0.01 |
| Santo in the Bengali language | ||
| সন্তো | santo | 54.55 |
| সান্ত | santa | 9.09 |
| সান্টু | santu | 9.09 |
| শান্তু | santu | 9.09 |
| সান্তো | santo | 9.09 |
| শান্ত | santa | 9.09 |
| Santo in the Russian language | ||
| Санто | santo | - |
| Santo in the Arabic language | ||
| صانطو | santw | - |
| سانتو | santw | - |
| سنتو | sntw | - |
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