Šantavá Surname

1,369,340th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 161 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Czechia
Highest density in:
Czechia

Šantavá Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Šantavá Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Czechia1161:91,66815,238
Slovakia451:118,58822,142

The alternate forms: Santava (5) are calculated separately.

Šantavá Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Šantavá Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Šantavá (Hindi: सन्तवा, Marathi: संतवा) occurs more in Czechia more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms: Santava. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Šantavá? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,369,340th most numerous family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 45,264,260 people. The last name Šantavá is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Šantavá reside; 100 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 100 percent reside in West Slavic Europe.

This last name is most common in Czechia, where it is borne by 116 people, or 1 in 91,668. In Czechia Šantavá is primarily found in: South Moravian Region, where 62 percent reside, Zlín Region, where 11 percent reside and Central Bohemian Region, where 5 percent reside. Besides Czechia it is found in one country. It is also found in Slovakia, where 28 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Santava905/
Šantová86246/
Šanthová801/
Santová7151/
Šántová7130/
Šantova711/
Szantová6737/
Chantava6729/
Siantová6723/
Santavuo6718/
Santavas6718/
Zandtová6716/
Santavat6710/
Šánthová673/
Santavad673/
Santavea672/
Sandtová671/
Szantóvá671/
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Šantavá Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Šantavá in the Hindi language
सन्तवाsantava69.23
संतवाsantava29.23
सान्तवाsantava1.54
Šantavá in the Marathi language
संतवाsantava55.56
संटवाsantava22.22
संतsanta11.11
सन्तवाsantava11.11

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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 Šantavá
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