Chettir Surname
Approximately 671 people bear this surname
Chettir Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 637 | 1:60,646 | 10,118 |
| France | 16 | 1:4,151,420 | 237,746 |
| India | 16 | 1:47,941,586 | 492,263 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
Chettir Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chettir Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chettir (Marathi: चेटीयार) is most common in Algeria. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Chettir.
How Common Is The Last Name Chettir? popularity and diffusion
The last name Chettir is the 492,802nd most frequently used family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 10,860,724 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Chettir reside; 95 percent reside in North Africa and 95 percent reside in Mahgreb.
The surname is most prevalent in Algeria, where it is carried by 637 people, or 1 in 60,646. In Algeria it is most prevalent in: Biskra Province, where 61 percent live, Tizi Ouzou Province, where 39 percent live and Bouïra Province, where 0 percent live. Not including Algeria Chettir exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in France, where 2 percent live and India, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chettir Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chettir in the Marathi language | ||
| चेटीयार | cetiyara | - |
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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
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- 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 Chettir
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