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 borne by more people in Iran than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Santour? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 7,117,718th most commonly held surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The surname Santour occurs predominantly 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 prevalent first name on earth It is held by 123 people.

The surname is most commonly held in Iran, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 38,391,262. In Iran it is most frequent in: Bushehr Province, where 50 percent live and West Azerbaijan Province, where 50 percent live. Beside Iran it is found in 4 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 29 percent live and Brazil, where 14 percent live.

Santour Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Santour has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing 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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