Shétty
surname · Latin script
Shétty is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Indonesia than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Borrowed from Kannada ಶೆಟ್ಟಿ (śeṭṭi).
- AEUnited Arab Emirates≈1 in 2.6K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 150K
- INIndia1 in 309Kas Setty
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Shétty itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Indonesia (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 298 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 1.8K (inferred from the name graph)
≈9,900 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Bahrain, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Shetty in IN India, US United States, AE United Arab Emirates and 5 more and Setty in ID Indonesia.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Borrowed from Kannada ಶೆಟ್ಟಿ (śeṭṭi).
Sources 1
Where in the world(measured from records)
Shétty counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID Indonesia | — | ≈9,900 est. | ≈1 in 27K | — | Setty | 26 |
| IN India | #350 | 4,292as Setty | 1 in 309K | 4.3K | Shetty | 282 |
| AE United Arab Emirates | #105 | ≈3,800 est. | ≈1 in 2.6K | — | Shetty | 99 |
| AO Angola | #563 | ≈2,400 est. | ≈1 in 14K | — | Shetty | 2 |
| US United States | — | 2,213 | 1 in 150K | 3.9K | Shetty | 298 |
| BH Bahrain | #127 | ≈840 est. | ≈1 in 1.8K | — | Shetty | 27 |
| OM Oman | #490 | ≈660 est. | ≈1 in 7.1K | — | Shetty | 30 |
| KW Kuwait | #441 | ≈370 est. | ≈1 in 8K | — | Shetty | 20 |
| QA Qatar | #464 | ≈290 est. | ≈1 in 8.5K | — | Shetty | 35 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Evidence(measured from records)
No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Shétty mean, and where does it come from?
- Borrowed from Kannada ಶೆಟ್ಟಿ (śeṭṭi). Recorded by Wiktionary.
- In which country does Shétty have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 9.9 thousand people named Shétty in Indonesia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled setty.
- How common is the name Shétty?
- In the United States, the national register counted 2,213 people named Shétty in 2010, about 1 in 150 thousand residents.
- How common is Shétty compared with other names?
- In the United Arab Emirates, Shétty is the 105th most common surname of 46,019 surnames recorded there.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Shétty” — the 105th most common surname in United Arab Emirates. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.