Seth (surname)

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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 follows:[1]

District State Population
Amritsar East Punjab 909
Delhi Delhi 174
Gujranwala West Punjab 144
Gujrat West Punjab 471
Gurdaspur East Punjab 103
Hazara KPK 188
Karnal Haryana 135
Jalandhar East Punjab 241
Lahore West Punjab 565
Multan West Punjab 464
Patiala East Punjab 245
Peshawar KPK 186
Sialkot West Punjab 118

Surname[]

Indian surname[]

A common Indian surname with variations Sheth, Sethi, all derived from Sanskrit Shreshthi.

  • Aftab Seth, former ambassador of India to Greece, Vietnam and Japan
  • Anjana Seth, Indian fashion designer
  • Ashok Seth, Indian interventional cardiologist
  • , National Spokesperson Indian Youth Congress and Officer on Special Duty To Navjot Singh Sidhu
  • Anjana Seth, Indian fashion
  • Bishanchander Seth, Indian politician
  • Chinubhai Chimanlal Seth (1901-1993), Indian industrialist and cotton textile mill owner
  • D. B. Seth (1944–2000), Indian painter
  • Deeksha Seth (born 1990), Indian film actress and model
  • Divya Seth Shah, Indian film and television actress
  • Faiza Seth (born 1977), India-born American founder of Casa Forma/London design firm
  • Jagat Seths, a rich business, banking and money lender family
  • James Seth (bishop) (1913-1975), Anglican bishop in Madagascar
  • Karnika Seth (born 1976), Indian lawyer and Women & Child protectionist
  • Kavita Seth (born 1970), Indian playback singer in Hindi cinema and live performer
  • Kiran Seth (born 1949), Indian academician
  • Lakshman Chandra Seth (born 1940), Indian politician from Tamluk, West Bengal
  • Leila Seth (born 1930), first woman judge on the Delhi High Court
  • Mesrovb Jacob Seth (1871-1939), Indian historian and school master of Classical Armenian
  • Mira Seth, Indian civil servant, diplomat, former Chairman of UNICEF
  • Philipa Seth (born 1994), Australian rules footballer
  • Pradeep Seth, Indian virologist, developer and self-tester of a purported vaccine for HIV
  • Raghunath Seth (1931–2014), Pandit, Indian exponent of Hindustani classical music
  • Rahul Seth (born 1977), Indian voice actor, dubbing artist, R&B-singer-songwriter
  • Rajiv Seth (born 1968), Indian former cricketer
  • Rohan Seth, co-founder of social audio app Clubhouse
  • Roshan Seth (born 1942), Indian actor
  • Samarth Seth (born 1999), Indian cricketer
  • Sanjay Seth (born 1961), Indian politician and businessman
  • Sanjay Kumar Seth (born 1957), Indian Judge and Chief justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court
  • Sanjeev Seth (born 1961), Indian TV actor
  • Shashi Kant Seth (born 1931), Indian Judge and Chief Justice of the Himachal Pradesh High Court
  • Shruti Seth (born 1977), Indian actress
  • Simeon Seth (11th-century) Byzantine scholar and Grand Chamberlain under Emperor Michael VII Doukas
  • Soumya Seth, Indian television actress
  • Suhel Seth (born 1963), co-founder and managing partner of the consultancy firm Counselage India
  • Sushma Seth (born 1936), Indian stage, film and television actress
  • Torgil von Seth (1895-1989), Swedish right-wing politician
  • Vatsal Seth (born 1980), Indian actor
  • Vikram Seth (born 1952), Indian writer
  • Waqar Ahmed Seth (born 1961), Pakistani judge and Chief Justice of Peshawar High Court

European surname[]

  • Anil Seth, British professor of Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience
  • Asha Seth (born 1939), Canadian politician and doctor
  • Brian Seth Hurst, Chief Storyteller and President of StoryTech Immersive company
  • Bruce Seth Green, American television director
  • Cameron Seth (born 1994), Canadian squash player
  • Catriona Seth (born 1964), British scholar of French literature
  • David Seth Kotkin (born 1956), American magician
  • David Seth-Smith (1875–1963), British zoologist, wildlife artist and broadcaster
  • Daniel Seth Loeb (born 1961), American investor, hedge fund manager, and philanthropist
  • David Seth Doggett (1810–1880), American Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church
  • Derek Seth-Smith (1920-1964), English first-class cricketer
  • Henriett Seth F. (born 1980), Hungarian autistic savant poet
  • Henry Seth, New York City Ballet dancer
  • Iqbal Seth, Indian cricketer
  • James Seth (1860–1925), Scottish philosopher
  • Joshua Seth (born 1970), American actor
  • Lancelot Seth Ward (1875-1929), English commander of the First Battalion of the King's African Rifles
  • Leslie Seth-Smith, (1923-2007), English screenwriter and biographer
  • Martin Seth Kramer (born 1954), American-Israeli scholar of Islam and Arab politics
  • Michael Seth Silverman, Canadian specialist in HIV/AIDS and infectious disease
  • Mike Seth (born 1987), American soccer player
  • Oliver Seth (1915–1996), American judge
  • Reidun Seth (born 1966), Norwegian football player and medallist
  • Reva Seth, Canadian journalist and strategic communications consultant
  • Sunil Seth (born 1990), English-born Guyanese squash player
  • , English founder of the UK's first peer-to-peer crowdfunding charity
  • William Seth Agar (1815–1872), English Catholic canon
  • William Seth Lampe (1906–1992), American journalist and former managing editor of the Detroit Times

References[]

  1. ^ Rose, H A (1902). Census of India, 1901. Imperial Tables Part: I-VIII, X-XV, XVII and XVIII for the Punjab, with the native states under the political control of the Punjab Government, and for the North-West Frontier Province.
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