Sant is used as a family name or surname in India. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Sant
No. of characters: 4
Origin: India
Meaning: The meaning of the name is different depending on the region: in the North, where it is most prevalent, it can be a place name (sandy place, see the surname Van Sant), or a hypocoristic Alexander. In the South-West (32), this is probably another form of Sanz, former first formed on the sanct Latin (i) us (= saint). See also Santi.

How popular is Sant?

Sant is common in India.

Sant is ranked 9967 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Sants grew by 13.82306 per cent to 1441 since 2000 and ranked 18939 after elevating 756 spots. The last name was found in around 5 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 78.07 83.57
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 10.76 7.5
Hispanic or Latino 3.96 2.37
Black 3.47 4.11
Others 2.98 1.82
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.76 0.63
Sant is quite popular family name mostly used in Brazil while Malta is ahead in terms of density. Around 53964 people have been found who wears Sant as their family name. Sant is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
82,942 Zimbabwe8
9,053 Senegal5
59,967 Moldova4
26,321 Israel3
10,686 Costa Rica3
1,644 Nepal3
11,342 Uruguay3
4,085 Bolivia3
14,054 China3
40,064 Nigeria2
4,104 South Korea2
17,692 Armenia2
1,333 Guam2
6,353 Panama2
18,035 Egypt2
2,794 El Salvador2
44,018 Poland2
33,202 Saudi Arabia2
28,083 Romania2
8,995 Uganda2
2,705 Togo2
1,256 Myanmar2
2,168 Suriname2
4,249 Cambodia1
5,924 Paraguay1
2,374 Bermuda1
174,544 Czech Republic1
37,493 Austria1
1,542 Andorra1
28,746 Algeria1
16,283 Lithuania1
37,779 Serbia1
2,877 Cuba1
47,891 Norway1
4,942 Libya1
13,972 Sri Lanka1
25,746 Finland1
38,830 Morocco1
28,365 Kenya1
40,340 Malaysia1
9,498 Iceland1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
9,780 Scotland46
7,279 Wales45
15,412 Denmark34
18,889 New Zealand26
42,407 Sweden22
11,387 Ireland22
49,545 Belarus20
5,663 Thailand18
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
49,486 South Africa91
2,622 Puerto Rico82
24,466 Belgium67
14,717 Chile54
81,917 Ukraine54
5,773 Singapore53
Countries with hundreds of Sant:
12,921 Italy829
3,787 Australia802
7,988 Argentina672
14,568 France649
8,692 Spain446
3,418 Guatemala308
2,130 Dominican Republic288
13,847 Canada272
5,655 Colombia262
39,199 Philippines258
11,872 Netherlands239
4,084 Ecuador230
8,874 Peru214
68,063 Russia193
9,538 Venezuela151
31,070 Turkey140
71,225 Germany134
4,007 Portugal129
15,938 Greece123
9,988 Switzerland117
72,789 Indonesia116
1,641 Trinidad and Tobago109
9,004 United Arab Emirates107
Countries with thousands of Sant:
17,321 United States1,898
4,014 Mexico1,675
68 Malta1,109
6,480 England1,081
Countries with ten thousands of Sant:
621 Brazil30,559
5,162 India10,139
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Immigrants to US

From Italy

Laborer Gaetano Sant from Italy aboard the Cilurnum from Naples. He is registered to be 46 years old when he arrived in New York on April 29, 1886. Giacomo Sant (37) Mason, are other Sant that migrated to US.

Comments

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Minta Brakefield
health is an ancient form of Occitan St., former Christian name derived from the Latin sanctus.

Sant Namesakes

  • José Abad Santos, Justice
  • Diego Abad de Santillán, Author
  • Pedro Abad Santos, Politician
  • Vicente Abad Santos, Justice
  • Abel Santa Cruz, Screenwriter
  • Alfred Sant, Politician
  • M. R. Santhanalakshmi, Film actress
  • Abílio dos Santos Diniz, Race car driver
  • Abílio dos Santos, Politician
  • Abner Santos, Fernandinho's son

Sant Namesakes

  • José Abad Santos, Justice
  • Diego Abad de Santillán, Author
  • Pedro Abad Santos, Politician
  • Vicente Abad Santos, Justice
  • Abel Santa Cruz, Screenwriter
  • Alfred Sant, Politician
  • M. R. Santhanalakshmi, Film actress
  • Abílio dos Santos Diniz, Race car driver
  • Abílio dos Santos, Politician
  • Abner Santos, Fernandinho's son

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