Tsetan Surname

683,026th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 435 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
India

Tsetan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tsetan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India4141:1,852,81565,194
United States121:30,204,911765,334
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Tsetan (1,980) may also be a first name.

Tsetan Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Tsetan Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Tsetan (Marathi: त्सेतन, Tibetan: ཚེ་རྟེན་) is held by more people in India than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Tsetan.

How Common Is The Last Name Tsetan? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 683,026th most commonly used family name in the world, held by around 1 in 16,752,979 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 96 percent of Tsetan reside; 95 percent reside in South Asia and 79 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 170,039th most frequent first name worldwide. It is borne by 1,980 people.

This last name is most commonly held in India, where it is held by 414 people, or 1 in 1,852,815. In India it is most common in: Jammu and Kashmir, where 83 percent reside, Arunachal Pradesh, where 12 percent reside and Delhi, where 2 percent reside. Excluding India this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 3 percent reside and Canada, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tsestan923/
Tshetan922/
Tsethan921/
Tshetane861/
Tsethane861/
Tsatan8311/
Tsotan835/
Zsetan831/
Tseton831/
Tzetan831/
Tsitan831/
Tshethane801/
Tchetan77494/
Tsystan77120/
Tsistan778/
Tsetong772/
Tsitane771/
Tsitang771/
Cetan733,555/
Zetan7314/
Tshitang71164/
Tshitand7141/
Tshitane712/
Tchettan712/
Tchetang711/
Tchetaïn711/
Tcheitan711/
Tshitant711/
Tschitan711/
Chetan674,114/
Cetean67276/
Zethan6789/
Zattan6769/
Cittan6747/
Zietan6736/
Çittan6718/
Zeitan6717/
Zaetan677/
Tsytanova675/
Ceytan674/
Zittan672/
Zeatan672/
Tzitan671/
Tsoton671/
Cetain671/
Tchetagne671/
Zeytan671/
Cehtan671/
Zettan670/
Sceton670/

Tsetan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tsetan in the Tibetan language
ཚེ་རྟེན་tséten-
Tsetan in the Marathi language
त्सेतनtsetana-

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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
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  • 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 Tsetan
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