Santoua Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Benin

Santoua Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Santoua Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Benin71:1,476,51557,381
Niger11:19,192,017110,060

Santoua Last Name Facts

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

Santoua is carried by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Santoua? popularity and diffusion

Santoua is the 6,723,624th most frequently occurring last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname Santoua occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Santoua reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 88 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name Santoua is most frequently held in Benin, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 1,476,515. In Benin Santoua is mostly concentrated in: Atakora Department, where 86 percent reside and Borgou Department, where 14 percent reside. Beside Benin Santoua is found in one country. It is also common in Niger, where 13 percent reside.

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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 Santoua
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