Sethi Surname
Approximately 236,708 people bear this surname
Sethi Surname User-submission:
The surname Sethi comes from the Sanskrit word shrestha, meaning 'pure' or 'superior'.
Sethi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 217,497 | 1:3,527 | 332 |
| United States | 4,059 | 1:89,298 | 10,045 |
| Pakistan | 3,376 | 1:52,916 | 2,127 |
| England | 2,432 | 1:22,910 | 3,196 |
| Thailand | 1,430 | 1:49,397 | 5,782 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1,362 | 1:6,727 | 865 |
| Canada | 1,307 | 1:28,191 | 3,726 |
| Kuwait | 742 | 1:5,122 | 702 |
| Saudi Arabia | 636 | 1:48,515 | 7,156 |
| Australia | 547 | 1:49,352 | 6,153 |
| Oman | 505 | 1:7,303 | 1,026 |
| Nepal | 412 | 1:69,129 | 1,756 |
| Bangladesh | 360 | 1:442,658 | 11,259 |
| Bahrain | 279 | 1:4,834 | 873 |
| South Africa | 261 | 1:207,577 | 22,069 |
| Singapore | 248 | 1:22,208 | 882 |
| New Zealand | 126 | 1:35,939 | 6,159 |
| Israel | 109 | 1:78,510 | 9,522 |
| Malaysia | 106 | 1:278,247 | 15,446 |
| Hong Kong | 98 | 1:74,852 | 1,406 |
| Germany | 75 | 1:1,073,406 | 72,288 |
| France | 72 | 1:922,538 | 106,020 |
| Qatar | 66 | 1:35,727 | 3,681 |
| DR Congo | 62 | 1:1,191,606 | 73,277 |
| Japan | 57 | 1:2,242,882 | 29,184 |
| Scotland | 44 | 1:121,678 | 7,769 |
| Austria | 42 | 1:202,748 | 25,305 |
| Norway | 38 | 1:135,323 | 17,347 |
| Sweden | 32 | 1:307,711 | 21,451 |
| Denmark | 32 | 1:176,397 | 14,920 |
| Switzerland | 31 | 1:264,933 | 21,684 |
| Wales | 26 | 1:119,020 | 9,008 |
| Netherlands | 23 | 1:734,225 | 57,169 |
| Tanzania | 21 | 1:2,521,029 | 48,569 |
| China | 20 | 1:68,366,078 | 3,721 |
| Botswana | 17 | 1:128,643 | 18,229 |
| Poland | 13 | 1:2,923,750 | 116,258 |
| Indonesia | 11 | 1:12,022,654 | 410,938 |
| Philippines | 10 | 1:10,123,822 | 213,993 |
| Myanmar | 9 | 1:5,770,887 | 975 |
| Hungary | 8 | 1:1,227,035 | 53,030 |
| Italy | 8 | 1:7,644,586 | 115,463 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Algeria | 6 | 1:6,438,592 | 53,709 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| Mozambique | 4 | 1:6,815,392 | 4,272 |
| Northern Ireland | 4 | 1:461,259 | 16,615 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 4 | 1:27,594 | 3,273 |
| Czechia | 4 | 1:2,658,367 | 127,801 |
| Finland | 4 | 1:1,374,176 | 50,379 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| South Korea | 3 | 1:17,080,085 | 2,793 |
| Turkey | 3 | 1:25,940,474 | 162,557 |
| Ukraine | 3 | 1:15,174,232 | 372,501 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Iceland | 3 | 1:126,697 | 5,403 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1:290,271 | 8,611 |
| Vietnam | 2 | 1:46,323,027 | 5,235 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Jamaica | 2 | 1:1,434,974 | 11,081 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| East Timor | 1 | 1:1,215,928 | 507 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Samoa | 1 | 1:193,808 | 1,089 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
The alternate forms: Séthi (1) are calculated separately.
Sethi (6,899) may also be a first name.
Sethi Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The surname Sethi comes from the Sanskrit word shrestha, meaning 'pure' or 'superior'.
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Sethi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sethi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sethi (Hindi: सेठी, Marathi: सेठी, Oriya: େସଠୀ, Tibetan: སི་ཐིག་) is more frequently found in India than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms: Séthi. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sethi? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sethi is the 2,317th most numerous family name on earth, held by around 1 in 30,787 people. The last name Sethi is mostly found in Asia, where 96 percent of Sethi live; 94 percent live in South Asia and 91 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 78,338th most prevalent first name throughout the world, borne by 6,899 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in India, where it is borne by 217,497 people, or 1 in 3,527. In India it is most common in: Odisha, where 66 percent reside, Delhi, where 11 percent reside and Punjab, where 4 percent reside. Beside India this surname occurs in 88 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 2 percent reside and Pakistan, where 1 percent reside.
Sethi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Sethi surname are 3.49% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 50.26% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Sethi earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 40.17% more than the national average, earning 485,085 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 61.96% less than the national average, earning R 90,396 per year; in United States they earn 39.81% more than the national average, earning $60,326 USD per year and in Canada they earn 38.1% more than the national average, earning $68,613 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sethi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sethi in the Tibetan language | ||
| སི་ཐིག་ | sitik | - |
| Sethi in the Hindi language | ||
| सेठी | sethi | 99.3 |
| सैठी | saithi | 0.09 |
| सेथी | sethi | 0.07 |
| सॆठी | sethi | 0.04 |
| सेटी | seti | 0.04 |
| सेठि | sethi | 0.03 |
| सेठी़ | sethi | 0.02 |
| एफ | epha | 0.01 |
| सॆथि | sethi | 0.01 |
| सेेठी | seethi | 0.01 |
| सेठ | setha | 0.01 |
| शैठी | saithi | 0.01 |
| शेठि | sethi | 0.01 |
| सेंठी | senthi | 0.01 |
| शेट्टी | setti | 0.01 |
| Sethi in the Marathi language | ||
| सेठी | sethi | 95.07 |
| शेठी | sethi | 1.91 |
| सेथी | sethi | 1.13 |
| सेिठ | seitha | 0.54 |
| शेटी | seti | 0.28 |
| सेिथ | seitha | 0.2 |
| सेठ | setha | 0.12 |
| शेटटी | setati | 0.08 |
| सेथ | setha | 0.08 |
| सेटटी | setati | 0.08 |
| सेढी | sedhi | 0.08 |
| सेधी | sedhi | 0.08 |
| सेदी | sedi | 0.08 |
| सेटी | seti | 0.06 |
| शती | sati | 0.04 |
| सेवी | sevi | 0.04 |
| सैठी | saithi | 0.04 |
| सेेठी | seethi | 0.04 |
| Sethi in the Oriya language | ||
| େସଠୀ | esathi | 61.14 |
| େସଠି | esathi | 36.88 |
| େଶଠୀ | esathi | 0.13 |
| େଶଠି | esathi | 0.05 |
| େଷଠୀ | esathi | 0.03 |
| େଦଈ | eda'i | 0.01 |
| େଦଇ | eda'i | 0.01 |
| େଭାଇ | ebha'i | 0 |
| ସିଠୀ | sithi | 0 |
| େସଠୀ଼ | esathi | 0 |
| େଲଠୀ | elathi | 0 |
| େସଥି | esathi | 0 |
| େଧାଇ | edha'i | 0 |
| େଷଠି | esathi | 0 |
| େସାଠୀ | esathi | 0 |
| େସଥୀ | esathi | 0 |
| େ଼ସଠୀ | esathi | 0 |
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