Çete Surname

130,699th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,461 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Northern Cyprus

Çete Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Çete Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey3,4161:22,7812,635
Northern Cyprus411:7,7811,851
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
England11:55,718,059489,080
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

The alternate forms: Cete (123), Čete (30), Céte (1) & Cété (1) are calculated separately.

Çete (26) may also be a first name.

Çete Last Name Facts

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

The last name Çete (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﺘﻪ) is held by more people in Turkey than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant: Cete, Čete, Céte or Cété. Click here to see other potential spellings of Çete.

How Common Is The Last Name Çete? popularity and diffusion

The surname Çete is the 130,699th most commonly occurring family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 2,105,619 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 89 percent of Çete are found; 89 percent are found in West Asia and 89 percent are found in Anatolia and Highlands. Çete is also the 2,084,397th most frequently held forename on earth It is held by 26 people.

The surname Çete is most prevalent in Turkey, where it is borne by 3,416 people, or 1 in 22,781. In Turkey it is mostly concentrated in: Gaziantep Province, where 11 percent are found, Istanbul Province, where 10 percent are found and Sirnak Province, where 7 percent are found. Apart from Turkey Çete exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Northern Cyprus, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Cete92123/
Čete9230/
Çeter89232/
Çetez8919/
Çetej891/
Çet86632/
Céte831/
Sete756,706/
Zete75530/
Çite75503/
Çeti7575/
Xete7558/
Cété751/
Shete6713,662/
Sette679,054/
Chete674,196/
Seete671,846/
Setie671,748/
Seate671,418/
Seite671,172/
Çetiz671,160/
Siete671,134/
Sethe671,051/
Seter67669/
Ceyte67592/
Tsete67429/
Ceste67352/
Zetea67317/
Zeteh67306/
Seute67272/
Çiter67236/
Çetaj67229/
Zeite67216/
Setei67171/
Cette67162/
Setea67123/
Ceter67104/
Šetet6787/
Xetey6766/
Cehte6756/
Dzete6752/
Sehte6750/
Seyte6746/
Setey6737/
Cetes6733/
Çetta6731/
Setet6730/
Zeate6729/
Šeter6727/
Cetea6724/
Setep6717/
Zette6713/
Xette6713/
Cethe6713/
Seteh6712/
Seste6711/
Zetei6711/
Setes6711/
Setje6711/
Zethe679/
Zetie678/
Setee678/
Ceite676/
Setej676/
Ciete675/
Cetee675/
Zeteș674/
Ziete674/
Ssete673/
Sejte673/
Zeute673/
Zeete672/
Tzete672/
Seïte672/
Ceteh672/
Setge671/
Zhete671/
Zetee671/
Scete671/
Seteu671/
Cetei671/
Cetet671/
Cetie671/
Sjete671/
Zetey671/
Setez670/
Ceate670/

Çete Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Çete in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺳﺘﻪsth60
ﺳﺖst40

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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 Çete
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