Seto Surname
Approximately 67,785 people bear this surname
Seto Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 50,834 | 1:2,515 | 430 |
| United States | 3,847 | 1:94,219 | 10,580 |
| Hong Kong | 2,614 | 1:2,806 | 179 |
| Indonesia | 2,463 | 1:53,694 | 5,961 |
| Canada | 2,193 | 1:16,801 | 2,418 |
| Singapore | 907 | 1:6,072 | 387 |
| Bangladesh | 811 | 1:196,494 | 6,734 |
| Benin | 686 | 1:15,066 | 2,039 |
| Togo | 630 | 1:11,504 | 2,968 |
| Spain | 366 | 1:127,738 | 9,790 |
| Egypt | 336 | 1:273,618 | 18,414 |
| Brazil | 295 | 1:725,676 | 26,554 |
| DR Congo | 287 | 1:257,420 | 24,363 |
| Australia | 174 | 1:155,148 | 16,322 |
| Thailand | 137 | 1:515,608 | 89,652 |
| New Zealand | 104 | 1:43,542 | 7,204 |
| Philippines | 91 | 1:1,112,508 | 90,748 |
| Dominican Republic | 77 | 1:135,493 | 5,426 |
| Peru | 70 | 1:454,059 | 13,591 |
| Papua New Guinea | 69 | 1:118,170 | 16,048 |
| Ivory Coast | 65 | 1:354,942 | 12,641 |
| Niger | 65 | 1:295,262 | 8,917 |
| Iran | 63 | 1:1,218,770 | 52,259 |
| United Arab Emirates | 56 | 1:163,612 | 12,461 |
| France | 47 | 1:1,413,249 | 138,595 |
| Nigeria | 40 | 1:4,428,569 | 120,862 |
| Malaysia | 39 | 1:756,262 | 35,302 |
| Jordan | 33 | 1:267,953 | 10,595 |
| Iraq | 31 | 1:1,129,731 | 13,630 |
| Ethiopia | 25 | 1:3,901,850 | 10,182 |
| China | 24 | 1:56,971,732 | 3,099 |
| Wales | 24 | 1:128,939 | 9,528 |
| Germany | 23 | 1:3,500,237 | 154,763 |
| Russia | 23 | 1:6,266,220 | 254,708 |
| England | 23 | 1:2,422,524 | 89,093 |
| Ireland | 22 | 1:214,043 | 8,362 |
| India | 18 | 1:42,614,743 | 461,117 |
| Argentina | 15 | 1:2,849,561 | 122,961 |
| Estonia | 15 | 1:88,120 | 15,474 |
| Mexico | 14 | 1:8,866,158 | 37,743 |
| Belarus | 14 | 1:678,647 | 56,781 |
| Scotland | 12 | 1:446,151 | 18,166 |
| Italy | 10 | 1:6,115,669 | 111,715 |
| Senegal | 9 | 1:1,619,927 | 4,107 |
| Pakistan | 9 | 1:19,849,321 | 72,658 |
| Cameroon | 8 | 1:2,596,134 | 118,056 |
| Netherlands | 7 | 1:2,412,454 | 94,797 |
| Armenia | 6 | 1:488,363 | 9,305 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| Afghanistan | 4 | 1:8,038,296 | 30,874 |
| Macau | 4 | 1:150,408 | 604 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Lithuania | 2 | 1:1,517,294 | 35,813 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
The alternate forms: Setó (20), Séto (1) & Şeto (1) are calculated separately.
Seto (8,945) may also be a first name.
Seto Demographics
Average Male Seto Height
173.63 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Seto Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Seto Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Seto (Bengali: সেতু, Georgian: სეთო, Hindi: सेटो, Marathi: सॅटो, Oriya: େସେତା, Russian: Сето) occurs in Japan more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant: Setó, Séto or Şeto. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Seto? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 8,402nd most commonly held family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 107,510 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 86 percent of Seto are found; 79 percent are found in East Asia and 75 percent are found in Nippono-Asia. Seto is also the 65,980th most commonly used first name worldwide It is held by 8,945 people.
The last name Seto is most common in Japan, where it is carried by 50,834 people, or 1 in 2,515. In Japan it is most common in: Kanagawa Prefecture, where 28 percent are found, Tokyo Metropolis, where 8 percent are found and Hokkaido Prefecture, where 6 percent are found. Excluding Japan Seto exists in 80 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 6 percent are found and Hong Kong, where 4 percent are found.
Seto Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Seto has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Seto last name increased 54,957 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Seto Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Seto surname are 18.27% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 71.5% being registered with the party.
The amount Seto earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 44.57% less than the national average, earning S/. 10,746 per year; in United States they earn 22.11% more than the national average, earning $52,688 USD per year and in Canada they earn 16.41% more than the national average, earning $57,836 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Seto Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Seto in the Georgian language | ||
| სეთო | seto | - |
| Seto in the Bengali language | ||
| সেতু | setu | - |
| Seto in the Oriya language | ||
| େସେତା | eseta | 60 |
| େସତ | esata | 20 |
| ସିେତା | sieta | 20 |
| Seto in the Hindi language | ||
| सेटो | seto | 52.17 |
| सेतो | seto | 39.13 |
| सीतो | sito | 4.35 |
| सैतो | saito | 4.35 |
| Seto in the Marathi language | ||
| सॅटो | seto | 50 |
| सेतो | seto | 50 |
| Seto in the Russian language | ||
| Сето | seto | - |
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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 Seto
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