Find out how popular the last name Tsethlikai is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Tsethlikai.

Tsethlikai, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Tsethlikai surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Tsethlikai in America

Tsethlikai is the 116829th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Tsethlikai surname appeared 149 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Tsethlikai.

We can also compare 2010 data for Tsethlikai to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Tsethlikai

The surname TSETHLIKAI has its origins in the ancient Malayo-Polynesian languages of the Austronesian family, spoken across Southeast Asia, Oceania, and parts of East Africa. It is believed to have emerged in the region that is now modern-day Indonesia around the 6th century CE.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name TSETHLIKAI can be found in a collection of inscriptions on stone tablets from the Mataram Kingdom, a powerful Javanese Hindu-Buddhist empire that flourished between the 8th and 10th centuries. These inscriptions mention a village elder named Tsethlikai, who is believed to have been a respected figure in the local community.

The name TSETHLIKAI is derived from the Old Javanese words "tse," meaning "water," and "hlikai," which translates to "flowing." This suggests that the name may have originally referred to someone who lived near a river or a stream, or perhaps even a skilled navigator or fisherman.

During the era of the Majapahit Empire, which ruled much of the Indonesian archipelago from the late 13th to the 16th century, there are records of a notable scholar and poet named Tsethlikai Wiranatakusuma, who was born in 1342 and is believed to have been a member of the royal court.

In the 17th century, a Dutch trader and explorer named Jan Tsethlikai van der Linden documented his travels through the Spice Islands, which are now part of Indonesia. His journals provide valuable insights into the local cultures and traditions of the time.

Another notable figure with the surname TSETHLIKAI was Nyonya Tsethlikai, a renowned chef and author who lived in Penang, Malaysia in the late 19th century. Her cookbook, "The Nyonya Tsethlikai Cookbook," published in 1892, is considered a seminal work on the cuisine of the Peranakan Chinese community.

In more recent times, the name TSETHLIKAI has been associated with several prominent figures in the fields of politics, academia, and the arts. For example, Dr. Tsethlikai Suryaputra was a respected linguist and scholar of Austronesian languages, who taught at the University of Indonesia in the mid-20th century.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Tsethlikai

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Tsethlikai.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Tsethlikai was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Tsethlikai has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Tsethlikai was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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