Setu Surname
Approximately 39,243 people bear this surname
Setu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh | 30,730 | 1:5,186 | 479 |
| Ethiopia | 4,990 | 1:19,548 | 2,554 |
| Indonesia | 2,282 | 1:57,953 | 6,387 |
| India | 652 | 1:1,176,481 | 47,489 |
| Malaysia | 135 | 1:218,476 | 12,676 |
| Kenya | 123 | 1:375,446 | 21,575 |
| Papua New Guinea | 102 | 1:79,938 | 10,532 |
| New Zealand | 53 | 1:85,440 | 12,123 |
| DR Congo | 48 | 1:1,539,158 | 86,567 |
| Australia | 25 | 1:1,079,828 | 61,253 |
| American Samoa | 17 | 1:3,280 | 753 |
| United States | 16 | 1:22,653,683 | 662,747 |
| Nigeria | 15 | 1:11,809,517 | 219,567 |
| Solomon Islands | 12 | 1:48,336 | 9,616 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Samoa | 9 | 1:21,534 | 479 |
| South Africa | 8 | 1:6,772,213 | 167,054 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Setu (55,025) may also be a first name.
Setu Demographics
Average Setu Salary in
United States
$58,667 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Setu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Setu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Setu (Bengali: সেতু, Hindi: सेतू, Marathi: सेतु, Oriya: େସତୁ, Tibetan: སེ་ཏུ་) has its highest incidence in Bangladesh. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Setu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 14,200th most frequently occurring family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 185,703 people. The last name Setu is primarily found in Asia, where 86 percent of Setu are found; 80 percent are found in South Asia and 78 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Setu is also the 17,028th most common forename at a global level. It is borne by 55,025 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Bangladesh, where it is carried by 30,730 people, or 1 in 5,186. Without taking into account Bangladesh this last name occurs in 27 countries. It also occurs in Ethiopia, where 13 percent reside and Indonesia, where 6 percent reside.
Setu Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Setu has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 1,600 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Setu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Setu surname is predominantly Muslim (50%) in Kenya.
Setu earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 35.96% more than the national average, earning $58,667 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Setu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Setu in the Bengali language | ||
| সেতু | setu | - |
| Setu in the Oriya language | ||
| େସତୁ | esatu | 91.67 |
| େଶତୁ | esatu | 4.17 |
| େସଟୁ | esatu | 2.78 |
| ସିଟୁ | situ | 1.39 |
| Setu in the Hindi language | ||
| सेतू | setu | 69.05 |
| सेतु | setu | 24.97 |
| सेटू | setu | 4.5 |
| सेटु | setu | 0.83 |
| सीटू | situ | 0.24 |
| सीतू | situ | 0.18 |
| शीतू | situ | 0.06 |
| सेतूज़् | setuz | 0.06 |
| सॆतु | setu | 0.06 |
| सेतु़ | setu | 0.06 |
| Setu in the Marathi language | ||
| सेतु | setu | 61.89 |
| सेतू | setu | 32.74 |
| सेटु | setu | 3.07 |
| सेटू | setu | 1.53 |
| सेतुं | setum | 0.26 |
| सेतूु | setuu | 0.26 |
| सुेटु | suetu | 0.26 |
| Setu in the Tibetan language | ||
| སེ་ཏུ་ | sétu | 50 |
| སི་ཏུ་ | situ | 42.86 |
| སུ་ཏུ་ | sutu | 7.14 |
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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 Setu
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