Shetay Surname
Approximately 1,962 people bear this surname
Shetay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 1,932 | 1:50,490 | 5,344 |
| India | 29 | 1:26,450,530 | 346,896 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
Shetay (15) may also be a first name.
Shetay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shetay Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shetay (Marathi: शेटय, Tibetan: ཤེ་ཏེ་) occurs more in Ethiopia more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Shetay click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shetay? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 210,379th most frequently occurring family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,714,346 people. The last name Shetay occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Shetay are found; 98 percent are found in East Africa and 98 percent are found in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most frequently held given name worldwide, borne by 15 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Ethiopia, where it is held by 1,932 people, or 1 in 50,490. Outside of Ethiopia it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in India, where 1 percent live and Indonesia, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shetay Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shetay in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཤེ་ཏེ་ | shété | - |
| Shetay in the Marathi language | ||
| शेटय | setaya | 82.93 |
| शेटये | setaye | 9.76 |
| शेटपे | setape | 4.88 |
| शेवताय | sevataya | 2.44 |
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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 Shetay
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