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    The surname Chhetri

    A Sanskrit surname, carried by 752 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C360

    Chhetri: #30,916 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Chhetri #30,916, 752 people Chhetri: #30,916 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Chhetri #30,916, 752 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Chhetri is more common than 80.9% of them.

    Origin

    Sanskrit origin

    From Nepali छेत्री (chetrī), variant of Nepali क्षेत्री (kṣetrī), from Sanskrit क्षत्रिय (kṣatriya, “protector of gentle people”), from Sanskrit क्षत्र (kṣatra, “rule, dominion, authority”). Cognate with Old Persian 𐎧𐏁𐎠𐎹𐎰𐎡𐎹 (x-š-a-y-θ-i-y /⁠xšāyaθiya⁠/, “emperor”), from which is derived Persian شاه (šâh).

    One of 24 Sanskrit surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 752 people named Chhetri in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 410,566 Americans.

    #30,916
    rank among US surnames
    752
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans

    Who is named Chhetri

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    94% of people named Chhetri identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 2.4% as two or more races and 1.7% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 94%
    • Two or more races 2.4%
    • White (not Hispanic) 1.7%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Kshetry
    • Kshetri

    Chhetri has the Soundex code C360, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C360.

    Other Sanskrit surnames

    All 24 Sanskrit surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Chhetri come from?
    From Nepali छेत्री (chetrī), variant of Nepali क्षेत्री (kṣetrī), from Sanskrit क्षत्रिय (kṣatriya, “protector of gentle people”), from Sanskrit क्षत्र (kṣatra, “rule, dominion, authority”). Cognate with Old Persian 𐎧𐏁𐎠𐎹𐎰𐎡𐎹 (x-š-a-y-θ-i-y /⁠xšāyaθiya⁠/, “emperor”), from which is derived…
    How common is the surname Chhetri?
    752 people in the United States had the surname Chhetri in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 410,566 Americans. It ranked 30,916th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Chhetri?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Chhetri identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 2.4% as two or more races.
    What are other spellings of Chhetri?
    Kshetry and Kshetri.