Chettie Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Chettie Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
Chettie (31) may also be a first name.
Chettie Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chettie Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chettie is more commonly found in Malawi than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chettie? popularity and diffusion
The last name Chettie is the 6,723,624th most commonly held last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chettie are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Chettie is also the 1,874,099th most numerous first name throughout the world, borne by 31 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Malawi, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 4,279,777. Not including Malawi Chettie exists in one country. It is also common in South Africa, where 50 percent live.
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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 Chettie
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