Santani

surname · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/sɑntɑni/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Santani is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Malaysia than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • INIndia1 in 24M(measured from records)
  • MYMalaysia≈1 in 530K
  • GYGuyana1 in 750K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Malaysia (inferred from the name graph)

≈62 people, est.

Sources
59 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 530K (inferred from the name graph)

Malaysia, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Santani counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Santani is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
MY Malaysia≈62 est.≈1 in 530K—Santani3
IN India561 in 24M56Santani59
US United States≈25 est.≈1 in 13MlistedSantani31
BR Brazil251 in 8.5M25——
GB United Kingdom≈9 est.≈1 in 7M—Santani12
GY Guyana11 in 750K1——

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls; the us-wru-surnames-voterfile register; IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Santani is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Spain, Argentina, United States, Cuba

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Santanyi, Sántani, Santaní

  • Bangla surname9 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India

    Also written Sanatani, Sonatani, সনাতনী, Sanatoni

27 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

How to address them(machine-generated)

Formalआदरणीया श्रीमती Santani जी,Respected Santani ji, (English)
Informalनमस्ते Santani जी,Hi Santani, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 9 sources across 4 countries.

Official registers attesting Santani
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
IN IndiaInstate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls—56#41,373
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—25#168,311
IN IndiaInstate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls—8#20,369
GY GuyanaGuyana — Official List of Electors July 202520251#624
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 3

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Santani?
A machine transcription gives /sɑntɑni/ (IPA) for Hindi.
In which country does Santani have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 62 people named Santani in Malaysia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled santani.
How common is the name Santani?
In India, the national register counted 56 people named Santani, about 1 in 24 million residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Santani”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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