Santour Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Santour Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Santour Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran21:38,391,262236,033
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States111:4,565,335193,764

Santour (123) may also be a first name.

Santour Last Name Facts

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

The last name Santour (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻨﺘﻮﺭﻱ) is found most frequently in Iran. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Santour? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 7,117,718th most frequent surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 43 percent of Santour reside; 29 percent reside in West Africa and 29 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 840,349th most commonly occurring first name world-wide, held 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 Santour is mostly concentrated in: Bushehr Province, where 50 percent reside and West Azerbaijan Province, where 50 percent reside. Without taking into account Iran this surname is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 29 percent reside and Brazil, where 14 percent reside.

Santour Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

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

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shantour93175/
Saintour934/
Santoure931/
Santur925,577/
Santor922,761/
Shanhtour881/
Santore861,974/
Santuur86393/
Santure86368/
Shantor86127/
Siantur8690/
Shantur8679/
Zantour8632/
Szantor8614/
Santosr8610/
Santoor8610/
Santhur866/
Santord866/
Santort861/
Siantor861/
Santoir861/
Santorp861/
Seantor861/
Santuer860/
Santoire80235/
Sandtorp8079/
Santorre8051/
Schantor8027/
Santhoor8013/
Sant'orp805/
Satentur804/
Shamtour802/
Santhord800/
Santar771,320/
Sontur77473/
Zantur77299/
Šantor7769/
Sontor7755/
Samtur7730/
Santúr7718/
Samtor7710/
Santór777/
Zantor772/
Šantur771/
Santurova7551/
Santhoire7519/
Santorová758/
Santorova756/
Santoirre753/
Shauntore750/
Siantar711,662/
Shantar71469/
Shanturova71342/
Santier71276/
Santare71168/
Szantar7156/
Saintar7148/
Santhar7141/
Santtar7113/
Chantor7112/
Chantur7112/
Somtour716/
Santatr714/
Santair714/
Santaar713/
Saantar713/
Samtore713/
Sontore713/
Santyer711/
Satntar711/
Sanntar711/
Samteur711/
Shantorova711/
Sontort711/
Chanteur67739/
Shantair67593/
Saintier67529/
Saintard67256/
Shontgor6732/
Santaire6722/
Seantier6719/
Shanteer6716/
Santhier6711/
Shantare676/
Chantore674/
Santiyer673/
Santhear673/
Santeyar672/
Santahar672/
Saantgar672/
Sauntare671/
Sauntier671/
Santiyar671/
Santatrz671/
Santhare671/
Soonthor671/
Santarre671/
Seinture671/
Santajir671/
Shanteir671/
Santhair671/
Sontoire670/

Santour Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Santour in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺳﻨﺘﻮﺭﻱsntwry-

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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 Santour
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