Santou Surname
Approximately 300 people bear this surname
Santou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Congo | 114 | 1:43,764 | 4,150 |
| Ivory Coast | 95 | 1:242,855 | 9,751 |
| Benin | 33 | 1:313,200 | 25,349 |
| Niger | 33 | 1:581,576 | 14,627 |
| Greece | 11 | 1:1,007,254 | 84,692 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
Santou (4,911) may also be a first name.
Santou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Santou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Santou (Hindi: संतौ, Marathi: संतोऊ) is carried by more people in The Congo than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Santou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 893,754th most commonly held family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 24,291,820 people. Santou is predominantly found in Africa, where 84 percent of Santou are found; 46 percent are found in West Africa and 38 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 97,273rd most commonly occurring first name throughout the world, held by 4,911 people.
The last name Santou is most widely held in The Congo, where it is borne by 114 people, or 1 in 43,764. In The Congo it is mostly concentrated in: Brazzaville Department, where 97 percent live, Cuvette-Ouest Department, where 1 percent live and Pointe-Noire Department, where 1 percent live. Beside The Congo this surname exists in 14 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 32 percent live and Benin, where 11 percent live.
Santou Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Santou has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name fell 86 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Santou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Santou in the Marathi language | ||
| संतोऊ | santo'u | - |
| Santou in the Hindi language | ||
| संतौ | santau | 60 |
| सन्तू | santu | 20 |
| सन्तोु | santou | 20 |
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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 Santou
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