Santosw Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Colombia

Santosw Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Santosw Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230

Santosw Last Name Facts

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

The surname Santosw is found most frequently in Brazil. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Santosw? popularity and diffusion

The surname Santosw is the 8,968,613th most frequently occurring surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. Santosw is mostly found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Santosw reside; 100 percent reside in South America and 75 percent reside in Luso-South America.

Santosw is most frequently held in Brazil, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 71,358,111. In Brazil it is most common in: Maranhão, where 33 percent are found, Pará, where 33 percent are found and São Paulo, where 33 percent are found. Excluding Brazil this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in Colombia, where 25 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Santow9252/
Seantow868/
Santowa863/
Santosv861/
Santoshv803/
Seanthow801/
Zantow77468/
Santaw77166/
Santov7763/
Santof777/
Sontow774/
Santob772/
Samtow771/
Santova7169/
Shantov7130/
Santoff7120/
Santoft718/
Sontowa711/
Santtaw711/
Santofh711/
Santhof710/
Shantouf67122/
Santhoff6755/
Shantova6734/
Szantova678/
Shantuov675/
Shantoub672/
Shontowa671/
Shanthaw671/

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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 Santosw
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis