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 most common in Ethiopia. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sheto? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 88,625th most frequently used last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 1,344,814 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Sheto reside; 98 percent reside in East Africa and 98 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 259,932nd most frequently held first name internationally, borne by 963 people.
It is most widely held in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 5,312 people, or 1 in 18,363. Aside from Ethiopia it exists 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 prevalency of Sheto has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name contracted 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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