Sethai Surname
Approximately 240 people bear this surname
Sethai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 138 | 1:5,558,445 | 134,139 |
| Pakistan | 82 | 1:2,178,584 | 20,204 |
| Nepal | 18 | 1:1,582,275 | 7,357 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
Sethai (339) may also be a first name.
Sethai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sethai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sethai (Hindi: सेठई, Marathi: सेठाई, Oriya: େସଠୀ) occurs in India more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sethai? popularity and diffusion
Sethai is the 1,044,719th most frequently used family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 30,364,775 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Sethai are found; 99 percent are found in South Asia and 65 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 474,488th most frequently held given name throughout the world, held by 339 people.
It is most frequently occurring in India, where it is carried by 138 people, or 1 in 5,558,445. In India Sethai is most frequent in: Gujarat, where 93 percent are found, Telangana, where 4 percent are found and Odisha, where 2 percent are found. Besides India it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Pakistan, where 34 percent are found and Nepal, where 8 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sethai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sethai in the Oriya language | ||
| େସଠୀ | esathi | - |
| Sethai in the Hindi language | ||
| सेठई | setha'i | 90.91 |
| सेठइ | setha'i | 5.45 |
| सेठाई | setha'i | 3.03 |
| सेठर्द | setharda | 0.61 |
| Sethai in the Marathi language | ||
| सेठाई | setha'i | 50 |
| सेठई | setha'i | 50 |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Sethai
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