Santoso
surname · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/santˈoso/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Santoso is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Indonesia than in any other country, where it is the 19th most common surname.
- IDIndonesia≈1 in 972(inferred from the name graph)
- MYMalaysia≈1 in 22K
- AUAustralia≈1 in 48K
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.
- Indonesia (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 257 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 972 (inferred from the name graph)
≈270,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Indonesia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Santoso 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID Indonesia | #19 | ≈270,000 est. | ≈1 in 972 | listed | Santoso | 257 |
| MY Malaysia | #578 | ≈1,500 est. | ≈1 in 22K | — | Santoso | 25 |
| AU Australia | — | ≈540 est. | ≈1 in 48K | — | Santoso | 104 |
| US United States | — | 447 | 1 in 744K | 548 | Santoso | 169 |
| PH Philippines | — | ≈330 est. | ≈1 in 330K | — | Santoso | 13 |
| SG Singapore | #784 | ≈320 est. | ≈1 in 19K | — | Santoso | 34 |
| TM Turkmenistan | — | ≈60 est. | ≈1 in 93K | — | Santoso | 1 |
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: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020. 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).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Hoegeng Imam Santosob. 1921IDChief of the Indonesian National Police (1921-2004)
- Djoko Santosob. 1952IDIndonesian general
- Erna Santosob. 1956IDIndonesian actress
- Agus Dwi Santosob. 1965IDbadminton coach
- Bambang Santosob. 1969IDIndonesian politician
- Budi Santosob. 1974IDIndonesian voice actor
- Budi Santosob. 1975IDIndonesian badminton player
- Simon Santosob. 1985IDbadminton player
- Ade Yusufb. 1993IDnot in their usual nameIndonesian badminton player
- Ryan Santosob. 1995USAmerican football player
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 19 sources across 11 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 548 | #42,600 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 447 | #47,429 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 344 | #55,732 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 2
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- 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 Santoso?
- A machine transcription gives /santˈoso/ (IPA) for Indonesian.
- In which country does Santoso have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 275 thousand people named Santoso in Indonesia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled santoso.
- How common is the name Santoso?
- In the United States, the national register counted 447 people named Santoso in 2010, about 1 in 744 thousand residents.
- How common is Santoso compared with other names?
- In Indonesia, Santoso is the 19th most common surname of 451,395 surnames recorded there.
What do you want to know about Santoso?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/santosoThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Santoso” — the 19th most common surname in Indonesia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.