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་) is borne by more people in Ethiopia than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Sheto click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sheto? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sheto is the 88,625th most commonly used family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 1,344,814 people. This 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 frequently occurring given name in the world, held by 963 people.
This surname is most frequent in Ethiopia, where it is held by 5,312 people, or 1 in 18,363. Excluding Ethiopia Sheto occurs in 18 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 0 percent reside and Tanzania, where 0 percent reside.
Sheto Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Sheto has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Sheto last name decreased 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
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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 Sheto
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