Last name Šanta (Šanta 
, Шанта 
) , around the globe, is a rare cognomen. The cognomen Šanta is characteristic of Serbia, where it is quite a rare surname, Ukraine, and Croatia, where it is a rare surname. Very seldom, Šanta is the forename as well as the last name.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
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| Šanta | Serbia, Croatia, Czechia |
| Шанта | Belarus, Russia, Ukraine |
| antonín šanta CZ (b. 1817) |
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| josef šanta CZ (b. 1883) |
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| peter šanta Slovak soccer player, CZ (b. 1973) |
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