Chettyar Surname
Approximately 567 people bear this surname
Chettyar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 564 | 1:1,360,045 | 52,707 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
Chettyar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chettyar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chettyar (Marathi: चेटटीयार) is more commonly found in India than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Chettyar click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chettyar? popularity and diffusion
The last name Chettyar is the 559,940th most common surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 12,852,815 people. The last name Chettyar occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Chettyar are found; 99 percent are found in South Asia and 99 percent are found in Indo-South Asia.
The surname Chettyar is most common in India, where it is carried by 564 people, or 1 in 1,360,045. In India Chettyar is most common in: Kerala, where 95 percent reside, Maharashtra, where 3 percent reside and Andhra Pradesh, where 1 percent reside. Other than India Chettyar exists in one country. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chetyar | 93 | 13 | / |
| Chettiar | 88 | 6,078 | / |
| Shettyar | 88 | 49 | / |
| Chattyar | 88 | 5 | / |
| Chethyar | 88 | 4 | / |
| Chittyar | 88 | 4 | / |
| Chettear | 88 | 2 | / |
| Chetaiyar | 82 | 2 | / |
| Chettiear | 82 | 2 | / |
| Cheettiar | 82 | 2 | / |
| Chaettiar | 82 | 1 | / |
| Chettijar | 82 | 1 | / |
| Chetiar | 80 | 139 | / |
| Shetyar | 80 | 27 | / |
| Khetyar | 80 | 6 | / |
| Chatyar | 80 | 6 | / |
| Cettiar | 80 | 4 | / |
| Settyar | 80 | 2 | / |
| Jhetyar | 80 | 1 | / |
| Chityar | 80 | 1 | / |
| Chhetaiyar | 78 | 1 | / |
| Shettayyar | 78 | 1 | / |
| Shettiar | 75 | 82 | / |
| Chattiar | 75 | 16 | / |
| Chittiar | 75 | 13 | / |
| Shethyar | 75 | 11 | / |
| Chettior | 75 | 2 | / |
| Chetihar | 75 | 2 | / |
| Chetiaar | 75 | 1 | / |
| Cheetiar | 75 | 1 | / |
| Chittear | 75 | 1 | / |
| Chistyar | 75 | 1 | / |
| Sheetyar | 75 | 1 | / |
| Setyar | 71 | 41 | / |
| Cetiar | 71 | 3 | / |
| Cityar | 71 | 3 | / |
| Ketyar | 71 | 2 | / |
| Chittiare | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chitayyar | 71 | 1 | / |
| Shettihar | 71 | 1 | / |
| Shetiar | 67 | 9 | / |
| Chatiar | 67 | 8 | / |
| Chitiar | 67 | 5 | / |
| Settiar | 67 | 4 | / |
| Shityar | 67 | 1 | / |
| Heetiar | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jhityar | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cestiar | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gettiar | 67 | 0 | / |
Chettyar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chettyar in the Marathi language | ||
| चेटटीयार | cetatiyara | - |
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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 Chettyar
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