Chetterjee Surname

1,871,545th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 98 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
India

Chetterjee Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chetterjee Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India961:7,990,264168,289
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

Chetterjee Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Chetterjee Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Chetterjee occurs in India more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Chetterjee? popularity and diffusion

Chetterjee is the 1,871,545th most frequently occurring last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 74,362,713 people. The surname Chetterjee occurs mostly in Asia, where 98 percent of Chetterjee are found; 98 percent are found in South Asia and 98 percent are found in Indo-South Asia.

The last name is most frequent in India, where it is borne by 96 people, or 1 in 7,990,264. In India it is primarily found in: West Bengal, where 75 percent reside, Delhi, where 6 percent reside and Maharashtra, where 6 percent reside. Aside from India this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 2 percent reside.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Chetterjee
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