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
Sánta is borne by more people in Hungary than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms: Santa, Šánta, Šanta or Şanta. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sánta? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 65,201st most numerous family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 951,501 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Sánta live; 100 percent live in Eastern Europe and 96 percent live in Hungaro-Europe. Sánta is also the 1,744,716th most numerous first name globally. It is borne by 35 people.
The surname Sánta is most commonly used in Hungary, where it is held by 7,378 people, or 1 in 1,330. In Hungary Sánta is primarily found in: Bács-Kiskun County, where 11 percent reside, Budapest, where 11 percent reside and Csongrád County, where 10 percent reside. Other than Hungary this surname is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in Romania, where 3 percent reside and Slovakia, where 1 percent reside.
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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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