van Santos Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
van Santos Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 9 | 1:23,786,037 | 375,389 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
van Santos Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Santos Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname van Santos is found most frequently in Brazil. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name van Santos? popularity and diffusion
The last name van Santos is the 5,391,485th most frequently held family name globally, held by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 85 percent of van Santos are found; 69 percent are found in South America and 69 percent are found in Luso-South America.
The last name is most frequent in Brazil, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 23,786,037. In Brazil it is most prevalent in: Maranhão, where 22 percent live, Sergipe, where 22 percent live and Federal District, where 11 percent live. Beside Brazil it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 15 percent live and Belgium, where 8 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vanh Santos | 95 | 1 | / |
| van Santo | 95 | 1 | / |
| Viana Santos | 91 | 509 | / |
| Viani Santos | 91 | 7 | / |
| Viano Santos | 91 | 3 | / |
| Vanea Santos | 91 | 1 | / |
| von Santos | 90 | 56 | / |
| Fan Santos | 90 | 1 | / |
| Vianna Santos | 87 | 36 | / |
| Faon Santos | 86 | 1 | / |
| Fani Santos | 86 | 1 | / |
| van Snits | 84 | 1 | / |
| von Santo | 84 | 1 | / |
| van Santa | 84 | 1 | / |
| van Sands | 84 | 0 | / |
| Vinai Santos | 82 | 1 | / |
| Faane Santos | 82 | 1 | / |
| Vanesyants | 80 | 6 | / |
| Fen Santos | 80 | 1 | / |
| van Zandts | 80 | 1 | / |
| Faynne Santos | 78 | 1 | / |
| Fhayne Santos | 78 | 1 | / |
| Phyana Santos | 78 | 1 | / |
| Vansands | 78 | 1 | / |
| Fana-Santos | 76 | 1 | / |
| Fhayane Santos | 75 | 1 | / |
| Fensantos | 74 | 11 | / |
| Viana Sandes | 73 | 2 | / |
| Vianez Antas | 73 | 1 | / |
| Vonsanutas | 70 | 4 | / |
| Vinosyants | 70 | 3 | / |
| Vancents | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vansandhaas | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vinsands | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 van Santos
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