# Sant (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/sant/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,441 |
| US rank (2010) | 18,939 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 214,258 people |
| Change since 2000 | +14% (1,266 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As an English and French surname, variant of Saint (as a Dutch surname, from a doublet, sint; also Vansant). * As an Italian surname, variant of Santo. * As a Jewish surname, variant of Sand, itself from the English noun sand. * As an Indian (Maharashtra)/Hindi surname, from संत (sant).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Sant in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 78% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 3.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 11% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 3.0% |

## Similar surnames

Sandy, Sand, Santo, Santa, Santee, Saint, Sande, Santi, Santoyo, Sandhu, Sawant, Sneath.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.