Sánta Surname
Approximately 7,659 people bear this surname
Sánta Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hungary | 7,378 | 1:1,330 | 145 |
| Romania | 198 | 1:101,403 | 11,516 |
| Slovakia | 71 | 1:75,161 | 14,596 |
| Czechia | 4 | 1:2,658,367 | 127,801 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Santa (87,167), Šánta (47), Šanta (711) & Şanta (320) are calculated separately.
Sánta (35) may also be a first name.
Sánta Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sánta Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sánta is most common in Hungary. It can also be rendered as a variant: Santa, Šánta, Šanta or Şanta. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sánta? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sánta is the 65,201st most frequently used surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 951,501 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Sánta reside; 100 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 96 percent reside in Hungaro-Europe. Sánta is also the 1,744,716th most frequent first name worldwide, held by 35 people.
Sánta is most commonly used in Hungary, where it is borne by 7,378 people, or 1 in 1,330. In Hungary it is primarily found in: Bács-Kiskun County, where 11 percent are found, Budapest, where 11 percent are found and Csongrád County, where 10 percent are found. Besides Hungary it is found in 8 countries. It is also common in Romania, where 3 percent are found and Slovakia, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Sánta
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