Santoku Surname
Approximately 182 people bear this surname
Santoku Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 175 | 1:730,539 | 17,376 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Santoku (2,057) may also be a first name.
Santoku Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Santoku Come From? nationality or country of origin
Santoku (Oriya: ସୋକୁ) is found most in Japan. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Santoku? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,263,456th most frequently used surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 40,041,461 people. The last name Santoku occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Santoku reside; 96 percent reside in East Asia and 96 percent reside in Nippono-Asia. Santoku is also the 166,266th most widespread first name world-wide It is held by 2,057 people.
It is most common in Japan, where it is carried by 175 people, or 1 in 730,539. In Japan Santoku is most common in: Kagawa Prefecture, where 43 percent reside, Hyōgo Prefecture, where 32 percent reside and Shimane Prefecture, where 16 percent reside. Other than Japan this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in India, where 2 percent reside and Brazil, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Santoku Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Santoku in the Oriya language | ||
| ସୋକୁ | soku | - |
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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 Santoku
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