Where Does The Last Name Santour Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Santour (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻨﺘﻮﺭﻱ) is held by more people in Iran than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Santour? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The last name is the 7,117,718^th most numerous family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 43 percent of Santour are found; 29 percent are found in West Africa and 29 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 840,349^th most commonly used first name throughout the world. It is borne by 123 people.

Santour is most frequently occurring in Iran, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 38,391,262. In Iran it is mostly found in: Bushehr Province, where 50 percent are found and West Azerbaijan Province, where 50 percent are found. Apart from Iran this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 29 percent are found and Brazil, where 14 percent are found.

Santour Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The occurrence of Santour has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Santour last name contracted 82 percent between 1880 and 2014.