Sethu Surname
Approximately 2,745 people bear this surname
Sethu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 1,158 | 1:662,405 | 31,175 |
| Oman | 516 | 1:7,147 | 1,007 |
| United Arab Emirates | 249 | 1:36,796 | 3,882 |
| Saudi Arabia | 199 | 1:155,054 | 22,057 |
| Malaysia | 116 | 1:254,261 | 14,332 |
| Kuwait | 116 | 1:32,765 | 4,071 |
| Bahrain | 73 | 1:18,474 | 3,432 |
| Singapore | 73 | 1:75,448 | 3,146 |
| South Africa | 61 | 1:888,159 | 57,770 |
| United States | 55 | 1:6,590,162 | 310,708 |
| Qatar | 53 | 1:44,491 | 4,459 |
| England | 31 | 1:1,797,357 | 72,927 |
| Australia | 15 | 1:1,799,713 | 85,184 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| Seychelles | 1 | 1:92,393 | 1,532 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
Sethu (10,375) may also be a first name.
Sethu Demographics
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Sethu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sethu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sethu (Hindi: सेठू, Marathi: सेथु, Oriya: େସଠୁ) is borne by more people in India than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sethu? popularity and diffusion
Sethu is the 159,002nd most frequently held surname globally, borne by around 1 in 2,654,844 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 93 percent of Sethu live; 44 percent live in West Asia and 44 percent live in Arabian Peninsula. It is also the 59,762nd most commonly occurring first name on earth It is held by 10,375 people.
The surname Sethu is most prevalent in India, where it is borne by 1,158 people, or 1 in 662,405. In India it is most common in: Tamil Nadu, where 32 percent are found, Kerala, where 17 percent are found and Gujarat, where 12 percent are found. Outside of India Sethu occurs in 31 countries. It is also found in Oman, where 19 percent are found and The United Arab Emirates, where 9 percent are found.
Sethu Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Sethu surname are 33.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 80% registered with the party.
The amount Sethu earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 60.24% less than the national average, earning R 94,488 per year and in United States they earn 10.04% more than the national average, earning $47,483 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sethu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sethu in the Hindi language | ||
| सेठू | sethu | 87.74 |
| सेठु | sethu | 11.51 |
| सेतु | setu | 0.38 |
| सेठ | setha | 0.19 |
| Sethu in the Oriya language | ||
| େସଠୁ | esathu | 75 |
| େସଥୁ | esathu | 25 |
| Sethu in the Marathi language | ||
| सेथु | sethu | 25 |
| सेथू | sethu | 18.48 |
| सेठू | sethu | 17.39 |
| सेठु | sethu | 8.7 |
| सेतु | setu | 7.61 |
| सेतू | setu | 6.52 |
| सेदु | sedu | 5.43 |
| सेठी | sethi | 2.17 |
| सतु | satu | 2.17 |
| सेचू | secu | 1.09 |
| सेडु | sedu | 1.09 |
| सैथु | saithu | 1.09 |
| सेयु | seyu | 1.09 |
| सेधु | sedhu | 1.09 |
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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 Sethu
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