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) is found most in South Africa. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Chetty? popularity and diffusion
Chetty is the 9,303rd most frequently used family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 119,552 people. This surname occurs predominantly 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 widely held forename globally, held by 1,595 people.
It is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is held by 50,373 people, or 1 in 1,076. In South Africa Chetty is most prevalent in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 75 percent live, Gauteng, where 17 percent live and Western Cape, where 3 percent live. Aside from South Africa this last name is found in 68 countries. It is also common in India, where 8 percent live and Fiji, where 2 percent live.
Chetty Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Chetty has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Chetty last name increased 71,800 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it increased 3,100 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Ireland it increased 200 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Chetty Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Chetty last name is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States Chetty are 10.21% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 63.44% registered to vote for the 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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