Chetty Surname
Approximately 60,957 people bear this surname
Chetty Surname Definition:
“Banker” in Hindustani.
Chetty Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 50,373 | 1:1,076 | 101 |
| India | 4,822 | 1:159,076 | 9,940 |
| Fiji | 1,445 | 1:619 | 63 |
| England | 718 | 1:77,602 | 8,727 |
| Sri Lanka | 512 | 1:40,642 | 4,863 |
| United States | 496 | 1:730,764 | 57,356 |
| Seychelles | 481 | 1:192 | 21 |
| Australia | 381 | 1:70,855 | 8,377 |
| New Zealand | 366 | 1:12,372 | 2,153 |
| Mauritius | 336 | 1:3,849 | 735 |
| Malaysia | 215 | 1:137,182 | 8,751 |
| Canada | 215 | 1:171,375 | 17,189 |
| United Arab Emirates | 107 | 1:85,629 | 7,855 |
| Tanzania | 107 | 1:494,781 | 33,101 |
| Scotland | 61 | 1:87,767 | 6,275 |
| Thailand | 55 | 1:1,284,334 | 183,539 |
| Kuwait | 39 | 1:97,454 | 10,676 |
| Singapore | 30 | 1:183,590 | 7,666 |
| Netherlands | 19 | 1:888,799 | 62,169 |
| Wales | 14 | 1:221,038 | 13,576 |
| Qatar | 12 | 1:196,500 | 26,891 |
| France | 11 | 1:6,038,429 | 280,838 |
| Northern Ireland | 10 | 1:184,504 | 9,341 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| Guyana | 9 | 1:84,691 | 6,279 |
| Oman | 9 | 1:409,775 | 5,604 |
| Mozambique | 9 | 1:3,029,063 | 2,946 |
| Liberia | 8 | 1:551,067 | 25,208 |
| Norway | 8 | 1:642,786 | 47,258 |
| Germany | 6 | 1:13,417,576 | 340,600 |
| Philippines | 6 | 1:16,873,037 | 249,062 |
| Suriname | 4 | 1:138,154 | 7,029 |
| Syria | 4 | 1:4,825,256 | 12,827 |
| Madagascar | 4 | 1:5,912,459 | 5,394 |
| Poland | 4 | 1:9,502,187 | 181,606 |
| Bahrain | 4 | 1:337,152 | 6,054 |
| Namibia | 3 | 1:803,134 | 15,170 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| South Korea | 3 | 1:17,080,085 | 2,793 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Samoa | 1 | 1:193,808 | 1,089 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Dominica | 1 | 1:75,891 | 912 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 16 | 1:3,138,668 | 142,671 |
Chetty (1,595) may also be a first name.
Chetty Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
“Banker” in Hindustani.
Chetty Demographics
Chetty Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Chetty Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chetty Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chetty (Hindi: चेट्टी, Marathi: चेटटी, Oriya: େଚଟି) occurs more in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Chetty? popularity and diffusion
Chetty is the 9,303rd most frequently held last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 119,552 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 84 percent of Chetty live; 83 percent live in Southern Africa and 83 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Chetty is also the 193,558th most frequent given name at a global level, borne by 1,595 people.
The surname Chetty is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is borne by 50,373 people, or 1 in 1,076. In South Africa it is mostly concentrated in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 75 percent are found, Gauteng, where 17 percent are found and Western Cape, where 3 percent are found. Other than South Africa Chetty is found in 68 countries. It is also common in India, where 8 percent are found and Fiji, where 2 percent are found.
Chetty Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Chetty has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Chetty surname expanded 71,800 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it expanded 3,100 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Ireland it expanded 200 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Chetty Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Chetty last name is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States Chetty are 10.21% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 63.44% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Chetty earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 45.36% more than the national average, earning R 345,420 per year; in United States they earn 8.38% more than the national average, earning $46,764 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.53% more than the national average, earning $52,428 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chetty Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chetty in the Hindi language | ||
| चेट्टी | cetti | - |
| Chetty in the Oriya language | ||
| େଚଟି | ecati | - |
| Chetty in the Marathi language | ||
| चेटटी | cetati | 87.33 |
| चेत्त्य | cettya | 9.95 |
| चेटिट | cetita | 2.71 |
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