Tshetu Surname
Approximately 937 people bear this surname
Tshetu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 554 | 1:97,794 | 11,890 |
| DR Congo | 349 | 1:211,689 | 20,903 |
| Zimbabwe | 31 | 1:498,008 | 41,116 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
Tshetu Demographics
Average Tshetu Salary in
South Africa
R 137,292
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Tshetu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tshetu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tshetu (Tibetan: ཚེ་ཀྲུགས།) is found most frequently in South Africa. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Tshetu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tshetu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 380,576th most common last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 7,777,530 people. The last name Tshetu is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Tshetu live; 62 percent live in Southern Africa and 62 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The last name Tshetu is most frequent in South Africa, where it is carried by 554 people, or 1 in 97,794. In South Africa Tshetu is most numerous in: Eastern Cape, where 48 percent live, Western Cape, where 28 percent live and Gauteng, where 10 percent live. Beside South Africa this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 37 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 3 percent live.
Tshetu Last Name Statistics demography
Tshetu earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 42.23% less than the national average, earning R 137,292 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tshietu | 92 | 390 | / |
| Tshethu | 92 | 270 | / |
| Tsetu | 91 | 75 | / |
| Tshiethu | 86 | 68 | / |
| Tshethup | 86 | 3 | / |
| Tshitu | 83 | 336 | / |
| Tsetou | 83 | 328 | / |
| Tchetu | 83 | 4 | / |
| Tsihtu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Tsethu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Tsetup | 83 | 1 | / |
| Tshatu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Tchetou | 77 | 210 | / |
| Tshitau | 77 | 68 | / |
| Tsahatu | 77 | 57 | / |
| Tshiotu | 77 | 55 | / |
| Tcheteu | 77 | 40 | / |
| Tsestou | 77 | 20 | / |
| Tshithu | 77 | 5 | / |
| Tshaitu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tshiteu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tshathu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tshaytu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Chetu | 73 | 367 | / |
| Tsatu | 73 | 105 | / |
| Tsitu | 73 | 68 | / |
| Zhetu | 73 | 22 | / |
| Tchettou | 71 | 25 | / |
| Tsahatou | 71 | 16 | / |
| Tcheitou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tchedtou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Stcheteu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chettu | 67 | 1,047 | / |
| Tsitou | 67 | 245 | / |
| Cheteu | 67 | 240 | / |
| Chethu | 67 | 153 | / |
| Cheetu | 67 | 110 | / |
| Chetou | 67 | 80 | / |
| Tsateu | 67 | 20 | / |
| Tsoteu | 67 | 10 | / |
| Cheitu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Chetuy | 67 | 2 | / |
| Zshitu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tsitau | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tsaitu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cheatu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chetgu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chetau | 67 | 1 | / |
Tshetu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tshetu in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཚེ་ཀྲུགས། | tsétruk | 25 |
| ཚེས་བཀྲུ། | tsétru | 25 |
| ཚེས་ཀྲུགས། | tsétruk | 25 |
| ཚེས་ཀྲུ། | tsétru | 25 |
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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 Tshetu
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