Santoum Surname
Approximately 28 people bear this surname
Santoum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 26 | 1:397,523 | 29,143 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
Santoum (35) may also be a first name.
Santoum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Santoum Come From? nationality or country of origin
Santoum is more frequently found in Benin than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Santoum? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,730,171st most widely held last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 260,269,497 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Santoum live; 93 percent live in West Africa and 93 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Santoum is also the 1,744,716th most numerous first name internationally. It is borne by 35 people.
Santoum is most frequently held in Benin, where it is held by 26 people, or 1 in 397,523. In Benin Santoum is most numerous in: Atakora Department, where 100 percent are found. Besides Benin this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Cameroon, where 7 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 Santoum
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