Sheto Surname
Approximately 5,419 people bear this surname
Sheto Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 5,312 | 1:18,363 | 2,443 |
| Nigeria | 27 | 1:6,560,843 | 154,927 |
| Tanzania | 16 | 1:3,308,851 | 50,463 |
| Pakistan | 16 | 1:11,165,243 | 51,703 |
| Bangladesh | 9 | 1:17,706,308 | 13,537 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 13 | 1:3,862,976 | 168,604 |
Sheto (963) may also be a first name.
Sheto Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sheto Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sheto (Marathi: शेटो, Tibetan: ཤི་ཏོ་) occurs most in Ethiopia. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Sheto click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sheto? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 88,625th most common surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,344,814 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Sheto live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 98 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 259,932nd most commonly used forename at a global level. It is borne by 963 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 5,312 people, or 1 in 18,363. Other than Ethiopia Sheto occurs in 18 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 0 percent live and Tanzania, where 0 percent live.
Sheto Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Sheto has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Sheto last name fell 85 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sheto Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sheto in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཤི་ཏོ་ | shito | - |
| Sheto in the Marathi language | ||
| शेटो | 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
- 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 Sheto
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