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) is found most in Mauritania. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Santoye click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Santoye? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,116,508th most commonly occurring surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 316,849,822 people. The last name Santoye is primarily found in Africa, where 87 percent of Santoye live; 87 percent live in West Africa and 83 percent live in Senegambia Africa.
This surname is most prevalent in Mauritania, where it is borne by 19 people, or 1 in 215,519. In Mauritania it is most numerous in: Trarza Region, where 89 percent live and Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 11 percent live. Other than Mauritania this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Venezuela, where 13 percent live and Nigeria, where 4 percent live.
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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