Shetaye Surname
Approximately 23,070 people bear this surname
Shetaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 17,869 | 1:5,459 | 867 |
| India | 5,198 | 1:147,569 | 9,350 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
Shetaye (6,491) may also be a first name.
Shetaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shetaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shetaye (Marathi: शेटये) is carried by more people in Ethiopia 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 Shetaye? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 23,476th most commonly occurring surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 315,888 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 77 percent of Shetaye live; 77 percent live in East Africa and 77 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 81,468th most commonly occurring first name globally. It is borne by 6,491 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 17,869 people, or 1 in 5,459. Other than Ethiopia Shetaye occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in India, where 23 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shetaye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shetaye in the Marathi language | ||
| शेटये | setaye | 99.23 |
| शेटयेाची | setayeaci | 0.13 |
| शेटयेाने | setayeane | 0.13 |
| शेटयेाज | setayeaja | 0.08 |
| शेटयेाली | setayeali | 0.05 |
| शेटयेे | setayee | 0.05 |
| शेटयेपा | setayepa | 0.03 |
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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 Shetaye
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