Chettha

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Chettha is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Nepal than in any other country. In Qatar it is the 61st most common surname.

rarermore common
  • NPNepal≈1 in 37as Shrestha(inferred from the name graph)
  • QAQatar≈1 in 715as Shrestha
  • AEUnited Arab Emirates≈1 in 1.9Kas Shrestha

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Chettha itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Nepal (inferred from the name graph)

≈820,000 named Shrestha, est.

3 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
289 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 37 (inferred from the name graph)

Nepal, est., as Shrestha

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

ShresthaLatin(measured from records)
เชษฐาThai(measured from records)
슈레스타Hangul(measured from records)

Locally spelled Shrestha in US United States, AU Australia, NP Nepal and 5 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Chettha counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Chettha is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
NP Nepal#510≈820,000 est.≈1 in 3731Shrestha182
US United States—5,535as Shrestha1 in 60K12KShrestha289
AE United Arab Emirates#106≈5,100 est.≈1 in 1.9K—Shrestha66
MY Malaysia#561≈4,400 est.≈1 in 7.4K—Shrestha29
AU Australia#550≈4,200 est.≈1 in 6.1K1Shrestha168
QA Qatar#61≈3,400 est.≈1 in 715—Shrestha30
KW Kuwait#206≈600 est.≈1 in 5K—Shrestha17
BH Bahrain#193≈590 est.≈1 in 2.5K—Shrestha8

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present); Wikidata humans by citizenship — given & family names. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Chettha is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Chētthā

13 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Chettha under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

Is Chettha a male or female name?
Chettha is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
In which country does Chettha have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 817 thousand people named Shrestha in Nepal, more than in any other country we hold.
How common is the name Chettha?
In the United States, the national register counted 5,535 people named Shrestha in 2010, about 1 in 60 thousand residents.
How common is Chettha compared with other names?
In Nepal, Chettha is the 510th most common surname of 25,881 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Chettha” — the 510th most common surname in Nepal. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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