as a Last Name
- 1,769
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Shetty
Meaning & Origins
Indian (Karnataka): Hindu and Jain name found among the people of the Bunt or Nadava community in coastal Karnataka; it derives from Sanskrit šreṣtbdot;hī, which refers to the head of a mercantile or other guild. Unlike bearers of the cognate names Seth and Setty, however, the Bunts are not a mercantile community; they are a land-owning and farming class in South Kanara, a coastal district of Karnataka. This name is also found among the Jains of this region.
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Quick facts
- Hundreds
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 1,769
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- New Jersey
- has the most people named Shetty per capita
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