Shetty

See also: shetty

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Kannada ಶೆಟ್ಟಿ (śeṭṭi).

Proper noun

Shetty (plural Shettys)

1. A surname from Kannada.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Shetty is the 13682^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2213 individuals. Shetty is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (95.16%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Shetty”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• Tethys, stythe, tythes