Chettiyar Surname
Approximately 6,645 people bear this surname
Chettiyar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 6,538 | 1:117,324 | 7,632 |
| Qatar | 66 | 1:35,727 | 3,681 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| United States | 9 | 1:40,273,215 | 872,126 |
| Mauritius | 5 | 1:258,683 | 8,939 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1 | 1:55,199 | 1,294 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Chettiyar (35) may also be a first name.
Chettiyar Demographics
Average Chettiyar Salary in
United States
$26,583 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Chettiyar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chettiyar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chettiyar (Hindi: चैटि्टयार, Marathi: चेटटीयार) is more commonly found in India than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Chettiyar.
How Common Is The Last Name Chettiyar? popularity and diffusion
Chettiyar is the 74,038th most commonly used surname globally, held by around 1 in 1,096,696 people. The last name Chettiyar is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Chettiyar live; 98 percent live in South Asia and 98 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 1,744,716th most commonly held forename on earth, borne by 35 people.
It is most prevalent in India, where it is borne by 6,538 people, or 1 in 117,324. In India it is primarily found in: Kerala, where 63 percent are found, Maharashtra, where 35 percent are found and Tamil Nadu, where 0 percent are found. Without taking into account India it exists in 17 countries. It also occurs in Qatar, where 1 percent are found and The United Arab Emirates, where 0 percent are found.
Chettiyar Last Name Statistics demography
Chettiyar earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 38.39% less than the national average, earning $26,583 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chettiyar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chettiyar in the Hindi language | ||
| चैटि्टयार | caititayara | - |
| Chettiyar in the Marathi language | ||
| चेटटीयार | cetatiyara | 67.09 |
| चेटीयार | cetiyara | 7.97 |
| चेिटटयार | ceitatayara | 5.03 |
| शेटीयार | setiyara | 2.52 |
| चेिटयार | ceitayara | 2.1 |
| िचटीयार | icatiyara | 1.68 |
| चेटृीयार | cetriyara | 1.26 |
| टीयार | tiyara | 1.26 |
| शेटटीयार | setatiyara | 1.26 |
| िचटटीयार | icatatiyara | 0.84 |
| चेतर | cetara | 0.84 |
| चेदीयार | cediyara | 0.63 |
| चेठीयार | cethiyara | 0.42 |
| झेवीयर | jheviyara | 0.42 |
| तीयार | tiyara | 0.42 |
| चटीयार | catiyara | 0.42 |
| चोटीयार | cotiyara | 0.42 |
| चेत्त्यार | cettyara | 0.42 |
| चेटीयासर् | cetiyasar | 0.42 |
| सेटीयार | setiyara | 0.42 |
| चेटटीयारान | cetatiyarana | 0.42 |
| चेतीयार | cetiyara | 0.42 |
| झेिवयर | jheivayara | 0.42 |
| झेवीयार | jheviyara | 0.42 |
| िचतीयार | icatiyara | 0.42 |
| चेटिटयार | cetitayara | 0.42 |
| चेहीयार | cehiyara | 0.42 |
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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 Chettiyar
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