Santoos Surname
Approximately 71 people bear this surname
Santoos Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 58 | 1:3,690,937 | 102,732 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
The alternate forms: Sàntoos (1) & Santòós (1) are calculated separately.
Santoos (18) may also be a first name.
Santoos Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Santoos Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Santoos (Hindi: सन्तोष) occurs in Brazil more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant: Sàntoos or Santòós. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Santoos? popularity and diffusion
The surname Santoos is the 2,255,512th most widely held family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 102,641,492 people. Santoos occurs mostly in The Americas, where 92 percent of Santoos live; 83 percent live in South America and 82 percent live in Luso-South America. It is also the 2,608,198th most commonly occurring first name globally. It is borne by 18 people.
This surname is most widely held in Brazil, where it is held by 58 people, or 1 in 3,690,937. In Brazil it is most frequent in: São Paulo, where 36 percent are found, Bahia, where 16 percent are found and Rio de Janeiro, where 10 percent are found. Not including Brazil this last name is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in Portugal, where 6 percent are found and The United States, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Santoos Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Santoos in the Hindi language | ||
| सन्तोष | santosa | 50 |
| संतोष | santosa | 50 |
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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 Santoos
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