Sántos Surname
Approximately 688,889 people bear this surname
Sántos Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angola | 216,122 | 1:125 | 17 |
| Mozambique | 181,687 | 1:150 | 7 |
| Brazil | 159,613 | 1:1,341 | 154 |
| East Timor | 30,074 | 1:40 | 11 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 23,767 | 1:73 | 24 |
| United States | 15,357 | 1:23,602 | 2,968 |
| Dominican Republic | 12,680 | 1:823 | 152 |
| Philippines | 10,242 | 1:9,885 | 930 |
| Mexico | 5,410 | 1:22,944 | 1,674 |
| Spain | 5,330 | 1:8,771 | 1,043 |
| Guatemala | 3,397 | 1:4,734 | 659 |
| Canada | 2,745 | 1:13,423 | 1,979 |
| France | 2,530 | 1:26,254 | 3,146 |
| England | 1,818 | 1:30,648 | 4,109 |
| Puerto Rico | 1,517 | 1:2,340 | 216 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1,113 | 1:27,723 | 3,883 |
| Togo | 1,050 | 1:6,903 | 1,501 |
| Guam | 918 | 1:174 | 18 |
| Morocco | 852 | 1:40,465 | 6,572 |
| Germany | 768 | 1:104,825 | 12,956 |
| Oman | 717 | 1:5,144 | 727 |
| Australia | 685 | 1:39,410 | 5,101 |
| Bangladesh | 541 | 1:294,560 | 8,696 |
| Palau | 527 | 1:41 | 4 |
| Argentina | 492 | 1:86,877 | 7,321 |
| Egypt | 488 | 1:188,393 | 13,801 |
| Netherlands | 478 | 1:35,329 | 5,931 |
| Gabon | 455 | 1:4,152 | 740 |
| Switzerland | 427 | 1:19,234 | 3,126 |
| Ghana | 416 | 1:64,954 | 6,785 |
| Japan | 377 | 1:339,110 | 11,809 |
| Colombia | 356 | 1:134,197 | 4,160 |
| Russia | 344 | 1:418,962 | 40,088 |
| Italy | 332 | 1:184,207 | 27,295 |
| Algeria | 290 | 1:133,212 | 18,129 |
| United Arab Emirates | 281 | 1:32,606 | 3,508 |
| South Africa | 238 | 1:227,637 | 23,639 |
| Panama | 225 | 1:17,388 | 1,231 |
| Peru | 205 | 1:155,045 | 8,089 |
| Uruguay | 198 | 1:17,332 | 1,964 |
| Venezuela | 186 | 1:162,388 | 4,853 |
| Belgium | 141 | 1:81,536 | 12,817 |
| Indonesia | 137 | 1:965,323 | 71,212 |
| New Zealand | 136 | 1:33,296 | 5,772 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 131 | 1:417 | 71 |
| Cuba | 129 | 1:89,323 | 2,843 |
| Swaziland | 126 | 1:10,303 | 513 |
| Kuwait | 125 | 1:30,406 | 3,898 |
| India | 112 | 1:6,848,798 | 152,966 |
| China | 101 | 1:13,537,837 | 807 |
| Luxembourg | 98 | 1:5,924 | 873 |
| Benin | 95 | 1:108,796 | 12,203 |
| Bahrain | 88 | 1:15,325 | 3,085 |
| Ireland | 85 | 1:55,399 | 3,846 |
| Hong Kong | 82 | 1:89,457 | 1,889 |
| Chile | 81 | 1:217,487 | 6,777 |
| Singapore | 81 | 1:67,996 | 2,745 |
| Micronesia | 73 | 1:1,455 | 358 |
| Gibraltar | 63 | 1:539 | 68 |
| Ecuador | 61 | 1:260,752 | 8,586 |
| Macau | 60 | 1:10,027 | 301 |
| Guernsey | 59 | 1:1,092 | 205 |
| Nigeria | 57 | 1:3,107,768 | 95,628 |
| Wales | 57 | 1:54,290 | 4,971 |
| Qatar | 56 | 1:42,107 | 4,399 |
| Scotland | 56 | 1:95,604 | 6,623 |
| Suriname | 51 | 1:10,836 | 2,716 |
| Norway | 49 | 1:104,945 | 14,093 |
| Denmark | 48 | 1:117,598 | 10,848 |
| DR Congo | 48 | 1:1,539,158 | 86,567 |
| Kazakhstan | 46 | 1:384,402 | 30,298 |
| Sweden | 46 | 1:214,060 | 14,843 |
| Botswana | 44 | 1:49,703 | 9,263 |
| Aruba | 37 | 1:2,797 | 396 |
| French Polynesia | 37 | 1:7,589 | 1,667 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 36 | 1:31,546 | 134 |
| South Korea | 35 | 1:1,464,007 | 386 |
| Thailand | 35 | 1:2,018,238 | 239,646 |
| Belize | 33 | 1:10,772 | 1,358 |
| Cape Verde | 31 | 1:17,085 | 630 |
| Malta | 30 | 1:14,342 | 837 |
| Bermuda | 27 | 1:2,418 | 390 |
| Malaysia | 27 | 1:1,092,379 | 48,277 |
| Afghanistan | 25 | 1:1,286,127 | 11,103 |
| Ethiopia | 25 | 1:3,901,850 | 10,182 |
| Estonia | 23 | 1:57,470 | 10,794 |
| Poland | 23 | 1:1,652,554 | 91,394 |
| Jersey | 17 | 1:5,835 | 1,193 |
| Iraq | 16 | 1:2,188,853 | 19,343 |
| Libya | 16 | 1:390,248 | 1,390 |
| Madagascar | 16 | 1:1,478,115 | 2,908 |
| Rwanda | 16 | 1:710,311 | 2,071 |
| Senegal | 16 | 1:911,209 | 3,010 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 15 | 1:6,611 | 774 |
| Belarus | 15 | 1:633,404 | 54,314 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 15 | 1:7,358 | 1,106 |
| Andorra | 14 | 1:5,988 | 1,127 |
| Honduras | 12 | 1:734,704 | 4,016 |
| Cameroon | 11 | 1:1,888,097 | 98,267 |
| Cayman Islands | 11 | 1:5,808 | 770 |
| Guyana | 11 | 1:69,293 | 5,568 |
| Iceland | 11 | 1:34,554 | 2,447 |
| Ivory Coast | 11 | 1:2,097,385 | 37,425 |
| Papua New Guinea | 11 | 1:741,247 | 83,447 |
| El Salvador | 10 | 1:634,389 | 3,243 |
| Haiti | 10 | 1:1,068,391 | 11,823 |
| Monaco | 10 | 1:3,707 | 328 |
| Turkey | 10 | 1:7,782,142 | 126,629 |
| Uganda | 10 | 1:3,903,928 | 93,934 |
| Hungary | 9 | 1:1,090,697 | 49,203 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| Mali | 9 | 1:1,885,448 | 1,868 |
| Moldova | 9 | 1:395,708 | 28,721 |
| Sierra Leone | 9 | 1:787,737 | 678 |
| Sri Lanka | 9 | 1:2,312,062 | 9,186 |
| Tajikistan | 9 | 1:931,855 | 5,350 |
| Turkmenistan | 9 | 1:609,901 | 4,112 |
| Israel | 8 | 1:1,069,704 | 62,476 |
| Albania | 7 | 1:416,294 | 17,617 |
| Azerbaijan | 7 | 1:1,378,446 | 18,562 |
| Cambodia | 7 | 1:2,212,449 | 7,503 |
| Taiwan | 7 | 1:3,349,249 | 20,155 |
| American Samoa | 6 | 1:9,293 | 1,961 |
| Austria | 6 | 1:1,419,239 | 86,529 |
| Congo | 6 | 1:831,516 | 16,072 |
| Lebanon | 6 | 1:939,514 | 16,645 |
| Maldives | 6 | 1:67,362 | 2,983 |
| Nepal | 6 | 1:4,746,826 | 12,065 |
| Tanzania | 6 | 1:8,823,602 | 72,091 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 6 | 1:227,329 | 10,175 |
| Tunisia | 6 | 1:101,771 | 14,710 |
| Northern Ireland | 5 | 1:369,007 | 15,220 |
| Lithuania | 5 | 1:606,918 | 21,375 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 5 | 1:6,866 | 565 |
| Armenia | 4 | 1:732,545 | 11,666 |
| Brunei | 4 | 1:104,683 | 2,048 |
| Central African Republic | 4 | 1:1,128,848 | 387 |
| Comoros | 4 | 1:187,381 | 421 |
| Czechia | 4 | 1:2,658,367 | 127,801 |
| Dominica | 4 | 1:18,973 | 529 |
| Gambia | 4 | 1:480,863 | 548 |
| Greece | 4 | 1:2,769,948 | 101,568 |
| New Caledonia | 4 | 1:69,056 | 6,678 |
| Seychelles | 4 | 1:23,098 | 1,012 |
| Slovenia | 4 | 1:621,919 | 23,710 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Uzbekistan | 4 | 1:7,732,286 | 43,643 |
| Bolivia | 3 | 1:3,538,811 | 11,393 |
| Bulgaria | 3 | 1:2,326,302 | 54,089 |
| Costa Rica | 3 | 1:1,593,356 | 8,177 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Georgia | 3 | 1:1,248,515 | 28,066 |
| Jordan | 3 | 1:2,947,479 | 21,051 |
| Liberia | 3 | 1:1,469,512 | 38,766 |
| Liechtenstein | 3 | 1:12,793 | 1,395 |
| Nicaragua | 3 | 1:2,007,030 | 6,490 |
| San Marino | 3 | 1:11,071 | 699 |
| Anguilla | 2 | 1:6,718 | 471 |
| Bhutan | 2 | 1:308,020 | 1,264 |
| Cook Islands | 2 | 1:9,090 | 1,387 |
| Guinea | 2 | 1:5,916,908 | 2,656 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Latvia | 2 | 1:1,025,023 | 41,546 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Syria | 2 | 1:9,650,511 | 17,817 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| British Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:31,594 | 1,029 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Eritrea | 1 | 1:4,751,901 | 911 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Northern Cyprus | 1 | 1:319,011 | 10,202 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1 | 1:55,199 | 1,294 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 1 | 1:177,423 | 3,686 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
The alternate forms: Santos (4,388,558) & Šantoš (1) are calculated separately.
Sántos (19) may also be a first name.
Sántos Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sántos Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sántos is found most in Angola. It may also be rendered as a variant: Santos or Šantoš. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sántos? popularity and diffusion
Sántos is the 771st most frequently held surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 10,579 people. The last name Sántos occurs predominantly in Africa, where 62 percent of Sántos are found; 58 percent are found in Southern Africa and 58 percent are found in Luso-Southern Africa. It is also the 2,523,061st most commonly occurring first name globally, held by 19 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Angola, where it is borne by 216,122 people, or 1 in 125. Excluding Angola it exists in 197 countries. It also occurs in Mozambique, where 26 percent are found and Brazil, where 23 percent are found.
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Footnotes
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