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
Sheto (Marathi: शेटो, Tibetan: ཤི་ཏོ་) is more frequently found in Ethiopia than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sheto? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 88,625th most widely held surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 1,344,814 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Sheto live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 98 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. Sheto is also the 259,932nd most frequently used first name globally. It is borne by 963 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 5,312 people, or 1 in 18,363. Apart from Ethiopia it 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 prevalency of Sheto has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname 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
- 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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