El-Sayed Surname

13,484th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 41,429 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

El-Sayed Surname User-submission:

It is an Arabic surname common in Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Syria. It means 'master' in Arabic.

El-Sayed Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt33,1921:2,770387
Saudi Arabia4,7301:6,523902
Sudan2,2401:16,7462,298
Kuwait2411:15,7712,101
Germany1731:465,34940,819
Denmark1481:38,1403,978
United States1301:2,788,146165,890
England1031:540,95233,556
United Arab Emirates971:94,4568,360
Canada931:396,18935,081
Australia851:317,59627,389
Qatar501:47,1604,880
Austria251:340,61736,996
Sweden181:547,04239,827
Finland111:499,70030,478
Scotland81:669,22723,443
Hungary71:1,402,32560,133
Russia71:20,589,008462,339
Netherlands71:2,412,45494,797
Philippines61:16,873,037249,062
France51:13,284,544357,392
Tunisia41:152,65617,743
Poland41:9,502,187181,606
Bahrain41:337,1526,054
Libya41:1,560,9943,087
Wales31:1,031,51134,732
Oman31:1,229,3248,987
Mauritius21:646,70813,517
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Trinidad and Tobago21:681,98817,017
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
New Zealand21:2,264,16249,210
Jordan21:4,421,21822,351
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Belize11:355,4743,977
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
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El-Sayed (6,477) may also be a first name.

El-Sayed Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

It is an Arabic surname common in Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Syria. It means 'master' in Arabic.

- sarahalsayed
DNA test information
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El-Sayed Demographics

Average El-Sayed Salary in
United States

$49,122 USD

Per year
Rank:
430,652 of 1,180,305
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
2.30389E-5
Rank: 237,841 of 1,181,369
Percentage of national average salary:
113.84%
Sample size: 40 (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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El-Sayed Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name El-Sayed Come From? nationality or country of origin

El-Sayed (Russian: Эль-сайед) is held by more people in Egypt than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name El-Sayed? popularity and diffusion

The surname El-Sayed is the 13,484th most widespread last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 175,904 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 86 percent of El-Sayed live; 86 percent live in North Africa and 86 percent live in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 81,590th most numerous first name internationally, held by 6,477 people.

The surname El-Sayed is most widely held in Egypt, where it is carried by 33,192 people, or 1 in 2,770. Beside Egypt it exists in 50 countries. It also occurs in Saudi Arabia, where 11 percent live and Sudan, where 5 percent live.

El-Sayed Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the El-Sayed last name are 5.86% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 52.63% being registered with the political party.

The amount El-Sayed earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 13.84% more than the national average, earning $49,122 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.7% more than the national average, earning $53,510 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
El-Sayied941/
El-Sayeed941/
El-Saed93472/
El-Sayd93277/
El-Syed9314/
El Sayed88136,144/
El-Saied882,020/
El-Sayad881,422/
El-Sayes88187/
El-Sayeh88161/
El-Zayed882/
El-Sayid881/
El Sayeed82183/
El Sayied829/
El-Saieed824/
El-Sa'eed824/
El Saye'd824/
El-Saheed821/
El-Shaied821/
El Shayed821/
El-Said805,259/
El Sayd801,022/
El Saed80946/
El Syed80371/
El-Seed8011/
El-Saie807/
El-Sayh804/
El-Saud804/
El Saye802/
El-Saiy801/
El-Saeh801/
El Sayad759,013/
El Saied753,114/
El Sayes75481/
El Sayeh75361/
El Zayed75219/
El Sayid7511/
El-Sayah7511/
El Saiyd7510/
El-Saieh756/
El-Shayp754/
El Shaed754/
El-Saaid753/
El Sayet751/
El Saydh751/
El-Zaheed714/
El Ssayad711/
El Sayech711/
El Zayeed711/
El Say711/
El-Shayah711/
El-Saj711/
El Said6730,301/
El Sahy67402/
El Saud67244/
El Seed6727/
El Saie6710/
El Seid675/
El Says674/
El-Saai674/
El Shay674/
El Sead672/
El-Chay672/
El-Zaid672/
El-Shawesh671/
El-Sa'a671/
El Sajd671/
El Sayy671/
El Saya671/
El-Soud671/
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El-Sayed Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El-Sayed in the Russian language
Эль-сайедel-sajed-

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