Santomé Surname

2,746,821st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 50 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Spain
Highest density in:
Malta

Santomé Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Santomé Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Spain271:1,731,55749,506
Argentina81:5,342,927168,491
Mexico61:20,687,70153,861
England21:27,859,030389,889
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Malta11:430,2723,380
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295

The alternate forms: Santome (3,291) & Santomè (2) are calculated separately.

Santomé Last Name Facts

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

The last name Santomé is found most frequently in Spain. It can also be found in the variant forms: Santome or Santomè. Click here for further potential spellings of Santomé.

How Common Is The Last Name Santomé? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,746,821st most prevalent surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 145,750,918 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 64 percent of Santomé are found; 58 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 56 percent are found in Iberian Europe.

The surname is most prevalent in Spain, where it is held by 27 people, or 1 in 1,731,557. In Spain it is primarily found in: Galicia, where 81 percent live, Madrid, where 11 percent live and Balearic Islands, where 4 percent live. Without taking into account Spain this last name exists in 10 countries. It is also common in Argentina, where 16 percent live and Mexico, where 12 percent live.

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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 Santomé
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