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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: * Brian Sheth, American businessman * Jagdish Sheth, professor at Emory University * Sheetal Sheth, American actress * Vatsal Sheth, Bollywood actor


See also

* Sethi * Shett *
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 ...


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