Szántó Surname
Approximately 12,810 people bear this surname
Szántó Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hungary | 12,530 | 1:783 | 74 |
| Romania | 113 | 1:177,680 | 18,230 |
| Slovakia | 108 | 1:49,412 | 9,484 |
| Czechia | 34 | 1:312,749 | 39,315 |
| Switzerland | 7 | 1:1,173,274 | 69,697 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Serbia | 2 | 1:3,572,474 | 32,645 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
The alternate forms: Szánto (62), Szantó (16), Szàntó (2) & Szanto (3,949) are calculated separately.
Szántó Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Szántó Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Szántó is borne by more people in Hungary than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant: Szánto, Szantó, Szàntó or Szanto. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Szántó? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 40,860th most numerous family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 568,895 people. Szántó is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Szántó reside; 100 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 98 percent reside in Hungaro-Europe.
This last name is most widespread in Hungary, where it is held by 12,530 people, or 1 in 783. In Hungary it is most numerous in: Budapest, where 19 percent live, Pest County, where 10 percent live and Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County, where 8 percent live. Not including Hungary it occurs in 17 countries. It also occurs in Romania, where 1 percent live and Slovakia, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Szánto | 94 | 62 | / |
| Szantó | 94 | 16 | / |
| Szàntó | 94 | 2 | / |
| Szánthó | 92 | 447 | / |
| Szántói | 92 | 157 | / |
| Szántóy | 92 | 20 | / |
| Szántód | 92 | 8 | / |
| Zántó | 91 | 10 | / |
| Szanto | 89 | 3,949 | / |
| Zánthó | 83 | 84 | / |
| Szánta | 83 | 1 | / |
| Szántóová | 80 | 92 | / |
| Szántha | 77 | 8 | / |
| Szántoi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sánta | 73 | 7,659 | / |
| Santó | 73 | 8 | / |
| Sántha | 67 | 1,465 | / |
| Szantóová | 67 | 31 | / |
| Szanta | 67 | 26 | / |
| Sántta | 67 | 17 | / |
| Sáhnta | 67 | 1 | / |
| Santhó | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zántho | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Szántó
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