Syed Forename
201st
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 2,657,599 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Pakistan
Highest density in:
Pakistan
Syed Forename User-submission:
The name Syed comes from the Arabic root word سيد (sayyid), meaning 'master' or 'lord'. Variants of the name include Sayyid or Sayed. While commonly used in Islamic cultures, it transcends geographical boundaries and is adopted in various regions.
Read More About This ForenameSyed Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 89% | 1,749,187 | 1:111 | 7 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 447,874 | 1:356 | 20 |
| India | 96% | 196,455 | 1:6,184 | 739 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 55,685 | 1:128 | 13 |
| Malaysia | 99% | 48,920 | 1:622 | 42 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 29,549 | 1:1,043 | 183 |
| United States | 100% | 23,227 | 1:15,608 | 1,413 |
| Egypt | 100% | 14,770 | 1:6,222 | 670 |
| Qatar | 100% | 13,904 | 1:170 | 2 |
| England | 100% | 13,718 | 1:4,053 | 489 |
| Oman | - | 12,191 | 1:337 | 49 |
| Canada | 100% | 9,210 | 1:3,598 | 635 |
| Sudan | 100% | 8,726 | 1:4,333 | 692 |
| Kuwait | - | 6,630 | 1:571 | 92 |
| Mozambique | - | 4,800 | 1:5,676 | 1,044 |
| Libya | - | 3,489 | 1:1,783 | 332 |
| Bahrain | - | 2,782 | 1:485 | 71 |
| Thailand | 100% | 2,089 | 1:33,540 | 4,044 |
| Poland | - | 1,932 | 1:19,683 | 705 |
| Australia | - | 1,694 | 1:8,062 | 839 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 1,387 | 1:70,339 | 5,764 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1,216 | 1:17,105 | 2,344 |
| Angola | - | 1,215 | 1:22,195 | 1,764 |
| Singapore | 96% | 583 | 1:10,784 | 1,913 |
| Afghanistan | 98% | 544 | 1:59,970 | 2,689 |
| Sweden | 99% | 457 | 1:21,571 | 1,477 |
| South Africa | 99% | 427 | 1:127,711 | 9,527 |
| Scotland | 100% | 415 | 1:12,892 | 789 |
| Germany | 100% | 399 | 1:242,300 | 3,459 |
| New Zealand | - | 326 | 1:13,914 | 1,280 |
| Norway | 100% | 311 | 1:16,503 | 1,093 |
| Ireland | 100% | 292 | 1:15,902 | 900 |
| Brunei | 100% | 280 | 1:1,498 | 152 |
| Denmark | - | 267 | 1:21,159 | 1,223 |
| Wales | 100% | 245 | 1:12,630 | 907 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 182 | 1:92,869 | 4,964 |
| Iraq | - | 174 | 1:201,252 | 3,488 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 154 | 1:67,736 | 4,074 |
| Belgium | 100% | 109 | 1:105,413 | 3,554 |
| Swaziland | - | 103 | 1:12,623 | 1,554 |
| Greece | 100% | 101 | 1:108,263 | 2,826 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 89 | 1:2,898,468 | 134,350 |
| Italy | 90% | 88 | 1:693,887 | 6,706 |
| China | - | 87 | 1:15,701,791 | 60,064 |
| Brazil | 100% | 86 | 1:2,491,118 | 48,963 |
| Japan | - | 81 | 1:1,580,075 | 17,983 |
| France | 100% | 80 | 1:830,879 | 7,084 |
| Spain | 100% | 77 | 1:604,285 | 6,974 |
| Finland | 94% | 74 | 1:74,097 | 2,048 |
| Austria | 100% | 73 | 1:116,633 | 2,276 |
| Philippines | 98% | 63 | 1:1,682,690 | 39,237 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 63 | 1:130,373 | 3,663 |
| Iran | - | 61 | 1:1,286,834 | 9,791 |
| Portugal | - | 46 | 1:226,323 | 4,580 |
| Hong Kong | - | 41 | 1:189,091 | 3,221 |
| Guyana | 100% | 30 | 1:25,442 | 2,915 |
| South Korea | - | 30 | 1:184,814 | 7,303 |
| DR Congo | - | 27 | 1:2,734,356 | 59,996 |
| Iceland | - | 26 | 1:14,078 | 1,129 |
| Romania | 100% | 26 | 1:771,230 | 20,422 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 26 | 1:52,362 | 4,622 |
| Uganda | 100% | 25 | 1:1,638,277 | 23,304 |
| Botswana | - | 21 | 1:104,021 | 8,595 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 21 | 1:8,455,446 | 105,604 |
| Seychelles | - | 19 | 1:4,877 | 888 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 18 | 1:2,932,684 | 23,284 |
| Kenya | - | 15 | 1:3,087,141 | 21,962 |
| Syria | - | 10 | 1:1,930,608 | 3,897 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 9 | 1:6,811 | 1,077 |
| Djibouti | - | 9 | 1:101,740 | 979 |
| East Timor | - | 9 | 1:135,375 | 266 |
| Estonia | - | 9 | 1:146,153 | 5,307 |
| Ghana | - | 9 | 1:2,998,468 | 5,965 |
| Jordan | - | 9 | 1:980,753 | 5,354 |
| Mauritius | 75% | 9 | 1:144,198 | 3,629 |
| Togo | - | 9 | 1:804,360 | 4,738 |
| Kazakhstan | - | 8 | 1:2,218,356 | 16,526 |
| Russia | - | 8 | 1:18,029,213 | 55,117 |
| Chile | 100% | 7 | 1:2,515,315 | 15,652 |
| Ecuador | - | 7 | 1:2,532,417 | 12,755 |
| Yemen | - | 7 | 1:3,756,679 | 4,348 |
| American Samoa | - | 6 | 1:9,308 | 1,982 |
| Cambodia | - | 6 | 1:2,712,222 | 28,071 |
| Turkey | 100% | 6 | 1:12,966,952 | 37,072 |
| Liberia | - | 5 | 1:882,412 | 21,482 |
| Mexico | 100% | 5 | 1:24,828,885 | 53,479 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 5 | 1:1,447,361 | 8,023 |
| Bermuda | - | 4 | 1:16,206 | 1,525 |
| Czechia | 100% | 4 | 1:2,664,040 | 5,608 |
| Eritrea | - | 4 | 1:1,188,244 | 607 |
| Malawi | - | 4 | 1:4,278,078 | 13,569 |
| Myanmar | - | 4 | 1:12,987,068 | 1,965 |
| Nepal | - | 4 | 1:7,121,838 | 62,014 |
| Papua New Guinea | - | 4 | 1:2,038,078 | 115,092 |
| Rwanda | - | 4 | 1:2,842,858 | 2,668 |
| Samoa | - | 4 | 1:48,798 | 712 |
| Tunisia | - | 4 | 1:169,226 | 7,289 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 4 | 1:7,696,610 | 11,277 |
| Guatemala | - | 3 | 1:5,369,476 | 9,171 |
| Hungary | 100% | 3 | 1:3,263,924 | 4,413 |
| Jersey | - | 3 | 1:33,327 | 1,495 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 3 | 1:1,991,092 | 30,660 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 3 | 1:7,923,227 | 99,341 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 2 | 1:921,573 | 3,058 |
| Algeria | - | 2 | 1:19,088,360 | 22,377 |
| Bahamas | - | 2 | 1:199,685 | 2,758 |
| Belarus | - | 2 | 1:4,741,192 | 16,466 |
| Belize | 100% | 2 | 1:177,154 | 5,935 |
| Bhutan | - | 2 | 1:412,464 | 4,948 |
| Colombia | - | 2 | 1:23,889,463 | 63,722 |
| Haiti | - | 2 | 1:5,363,476 | 32,317 |
| Lebanon | - | 2 | 1:2,813,786 | 13,895 |
| Luxembourg | - | 2 | 1:282,024 | 3,520 |
| Mauritania | 100% | 2 | 1:2,047,620 | 19,390 |
| Namibia | - | 2 | 1:1,202,090 | 12,702 |
| Peru | - | 2 | 1:15,895,727 | 74,652 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | - | 2 | 1:55,790 | 4,636 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 2 | 1:54,874 | 3,819 |
| Vietnam | 100% | 2 | 1:46,311,556 | 7,272 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 1 | 1:99,395 | 3,544 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| Bulgaria | - | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Burkina Faso | - | 1 | 1:18,379,469 | 100,219 |
| Burundi | - | 1 | 1:9,906,559 | 2,558 |
| Cameroon | - | 1 | 1:21,610,503 | 119,836 |
| Cape Verde | - | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| Central African Republic | - | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,073 |
| Chad | - | 1 | 1:13,598,398 | 15,363 |
| Congo | 100% | 1 | 1:5,009,205 | 37,978 |
| Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Georgia | - | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Greenland | - | 1 | 1:56,371 | 1,395 |
| Guam | - | 1 | 1:160,646 | 3,210 |
| Guinea | - | 1 | 1:11,858,647 | 7,978 |
| Honduras | - | 1 | 1:8,817,467 | 33,018 |
| Isle of Man | - | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Ivory Coast | - | 1 | 1:23,075,933 | 135,227 |
| Jamaica | - | 1 | 1:2,883,227 | 22,340 |
| Laos | - | 1 | 1:6,586,856 | 1,888 |
| North Macedonia | - | 1 | 1:2,090,757 | 15,787 |
| Madagascar | - | 1 | 1:23,629,408 | 6,628 |
| Maldives | 100% | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Malta | - | 1 | 1:429,360 | 3,141 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Morocco | - | 1 | 1:34,348,636 | 18,260 |
| Palau | - | 1 | 1:21,711 | 239 |
| Panama | - | 1 | 1:3,906,557 | 40,800 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 1 | 1:54,861 | 2,604 |
| San Marino | - | 1 | 1:32,920 | 787 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 1 | 1:191,997 | 5,295 |
| Senegal | - | 1 | 1:14,581,356 | 34,505 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 1 | 1:7,088,663 | 1,497 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| Slovenia | - | 1 | 1:2,458,758 | 6,723 |
| Somalia | - | 1 | 1:13,525,867 | 7,760 |
| Tajikistan | - | 1 | 1:8,374,922 | 7,831 |
| Tonga | - | 1 | 1:107,436 | 779 |
| Ukraine | - | 1 | 1:45,499,908 | 32,056 |
| Uruguay | - | 1 | 1:3,427,637 | 13,958 |
| Zambia | - | 1 | 1:15,854,794 | 66,637 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 1 | 1:15,423,817 | 113,731 |
The alternate forms: Syéd (1) & Šyēd (1) are calculated separately.
Syed (529,455) may also be a surname.
Syed Forename Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The name Syed comes from the Arabic root word سيد (sayyid), meaning 'master' or 'lord'. Variants of the name include Sayyid or Sayed. While commonly used in Islamic cultures, it transcends geographical boundaries and is adopted in various regions. In Arabic, Syed is an honorific title denoting descent from the Prophet Muhammad.
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Syed Demographics
Average Syed Salary in
United States
$54,707 USD
Per year
Rank:
90,114 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.00609685
Rank: 1,412 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
125.68%
Sample size: 9,187 (2014)
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD
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