Sheth (also Seth) is an Indian surname, found in northern India and in
Gujarat,
Maharashtra
Maharashtra (; , abbr. MH or Maha) is a states and union territories of India, state in the western India, western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. Maharashtra is the List of states and union te ...
and
West Bengal. It derives from Sanskrit श्रेष्ठिन् (), meaning "banker/head of a guild".
It may also be a variant of the Western European surname
Seth
Seth,; el, Σήθ ''Sḗth''; ; "placed", "appointed") in Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Mandaeism, and Sethianism, was the third son of Adam and Eve and brother of Cain and Abel, their only other child mentioned by name in the Hebrew Bible. A ...
;
if Scottish or Irish,a reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Sithigh or Ó Síthigh (see
Sheehy); or of the Indian surnames
Shah or
Shett.
Notable people with this surname include:
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Brian Sheth, American businessman
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Jagdish Sheth, professor at
Emory University
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Sheetal Sheth, American actress
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Vatsal Sheth, Bollywood actor
See also
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Sethi
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Shett
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Chettiar
Chettiar (also spelt as Chetti and Chetty)is a title used by many traders, weaving, agricultural and land-owning castes in South India, especially in the states of Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka.
They are a subgroup of the Tamil community ...
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Seth (surname) Seth is a surname. It is derived from the given name Seth. Notable people with the surname include:
Population Distribution
According to the 1901 Census conducted by the British, the population distribution of Seth (subcaste of Khatris) are as fo ...
References
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Indian surnames
Surnames of Indian origin
Hindu surnames
Gujarati-language surnames
Surnames of Hindustani origin
