Santoye Surname
Approximately 23 people bear this surname
Santoye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 19 | 1:215,519 | 10,553 |
| Venezuela | 3 | 1:10,068,026 | 60,591 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Santoye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Santoye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Santoye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﺎﻧﻄﻮﻱ) occurs most in Mauritania. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Santoye? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,116,508th most frequent surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 316,849,822 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 87 percent of Santoye live; 87 percent live in West Africa and 83 percent live in Senegambia Africa.
The last name is most frequently used in Mauritania, where it is carried by 19 people, or 1 in 215,519. In Mauritania it is most common in: Trarza Region, where 89 percent are found and Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 11 percent are found. Not including Mauritania Santoye is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Venezuela, where 13 percent are found and Nigeria, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Santoye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Santoye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﺎﻧﻄﻮﻱ | santwy | 33.33 |
| ﺻﺎﻧﺘﻮﻱ | santwy | 33.33 |
| ﺳﻨﻄﻮﻱ | sntwy | 11.11 |
| ﺳﺎﻧﺘﻮﻱ | santwy | 11.11 |
| ﺻﺎﻧﺘﻮﻯ | santwy | 11.11 |
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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
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- 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 Santoye
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