Saeed Surname
Approximately 1,962,837 people bear this surname
Saeed Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 448,977 | 1:398 | 57 |
| Yemen | 428,418 | 1:62 | 6 |
| Egypt | 275,911 | 1:333 | 24 |
| Sudan | 232,402 | 1:161 | 20 |
| Iraq | 165,078 | 1:212 | 37 |
| Syria | 92,396 | 1:209 | 28 |
| United Arab Emirates | 75,119 | 1:122 | 8 |
| Oman | 56,944 | 1:65 | 8 |
| Saudi Arabia | 43,010 | 1:717 | 42 |
| Iran | 34,849 | 1:2,203 | 276 |
| Lebanon | 12,956 | 1:435 | 64 |
| Jordan | 11,600 | 1:762 | 99 |
| Afghanistan | 9,950 | 1:3,231 | 343 |
| Kuwait | 8,716 | 1:436 | 30 |
| Nigeria | 8,617 | 1:20,557 | 1,875 |
| Libya | 6,812 | 1:917 | 215 |
| Ghana | 6,442 | 1:4,194 | 599 |
| Palestine | 5,783 | 1:787 | 95 |
| Bangladesh | 5,407 | 1:29,472 | 1,901 |
| England | 4,663 | 1:11,949 | 1,757 |
| Maldives | 3,898 | 1:104 | 16 |
| United States | 3,869 | 1:93,683 | 10,519 |
| India | 3,212 | 1:238,812 | 13,945 |
| Qatar | 3,020 | 1:781 | 44 |
| Bahrain | 2,380 | 1:567 | 51 |
| Somaliland | 2,229 | 1:1,570 | 191 |
| Canada | 1,397 | 1:26,375 | 3,524 |
| Ethiopia | 1,288 | 1:75,735 | 7,282 |
| Somalia | 931 | 1:14,449 | 939 |
| Sri Lanka | 877 | 1:23,727 | 3,118 |
| Tunisia | 647 | 1:944 | 58 |
| Sweden | 621 | 1:15,856 | 1,353 |
| Australia | 467 | 1:57,807 | 7,036 |
| Malawi | 340 | 1:50,350 | 7,017 |
| Spain | 290 | 1:161,214 | 11,695 |
| Djibouti | 275 | 1:3,327 | 287 |
| Germany | 265 | 1:303,794 | 31,034 |
| France | 247 | 1:268,918 | 41,433 |
| Thailand | 232 | 1:304,476 | 52,504 |
| Scotland | 230 | 1:23,277 | 2,610 |
| South Africa | 220 | 1:246,262 | 25,099 |
| Norway | 187 | 1:27,499 | 3,760 |
| Malaysia | 186 | 1:158,571 | 9,796 |
| Denmark | 143 | 1:39,474 | 4,118 |
| Kenya | 141 | 1:327,517 | 20,034 |
| Netherlands | 121 | 1:139,563 | 21,355 |
| Tanzania | 84 | 1:630,257 | 38,555 |
| Wales | 72 | 1:42,980 | 4,139 |
| Ireland | 70 | 1:67,271 | 4,288 |
| Belgium | 66 | 1:174,192 | 23,583 |
| Philippines | 65 | 1:1,557,511 | 106,526 |
| New Zealand | 63 | 1:71,878 | 10,704 |
| Greece | 57 | 1:194,382 | 30,902 |
| Switzerland | 51 | 1:161,038 | 15,036 |
| Eritrea | 49 | 1:96,978 | 125 |
| Austria | 47 | 1:181,179 | 23,261 |
| Singapore | 43 | 1:128,086 | 5,748 |
| Finland | 38 | 1:144,650 | 13,416 |
| China | 36 | 1:37,981,155 | 2,028 |
| Russia | 36 | 1:4,003,418 | 194,829 |
| Angola | 25 | 1:1,079,569 | 3,117 |
| Brazil | 24 | 1:8,919,764 | 194,226 |
| Argentina | 23 | 1:1,858,409 | 95,340 |
| Indonesia | 23 | 1:5,749,965 | 259,967 |
| Romania | 21 | 1:956,089 | 52,327 |
| Uganda | 19 | 1:2,054,699 | 65,771 |
| Italy | 13 | 1:4,704,361 | 107,811 |
| Ecuador | 12 | 1:1,325,487 | 16,904 |
| Poland | 10 | 1:3,800,875 | 132,137 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| Kazakhstan | 8 | 1:2,210,312 | 95,036 |
| Belarus | 7 | 1:1,357,294 | 83,128 |
| Japan | 7 | 1:18,263,470 | 47,869 |
| Chile | 6 | 1:2,936,079 | 35,997 |
| Israel | 6 | 1:1,426,272 | 75,466 |
| Czechia | 5 | 1:2,126,694 | 115,412 |
| South Korea | 5 | 1:10,248,051 | 1,694 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1:1,833,871 | 6,220 |
| Malta | 4 | 1:107,568 | 1,849 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Azerbaijan | 3 | 1:3,216,374 | 32,290 |
| Nepal | 3 | 1:9,493,652 | 16,132 |
| Turkey | 3 | 1:25,940,474 | 162,557 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Armenia | 2 | 1:1,465,090 | 16,492 |
| Congo | 2 | 1:2,494,548 | 28,763 |
| Georgia | 2 | 1:1,872,772 | 35,618 |
| Hungary | 2 | 1:4,908,138 | 64,617 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 1:99,171 | 2,137 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| East Timor | 1 | 1:1,215,928 | 507 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Seychelles | 1 | 1:92,393 | 1,532 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Saeed (1,793,350) may also be a first name.
Saeed Demographics
Average Saeed Salary in
United States
$48,016 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Saeed Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Saeed Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Saeed (Arabic: سَعيد, Dhivehi: ސަޢީދ, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻌﻴﺪ, Hindi: सईद, Marathi: सैद, Oriya: ସଇଦ୍) is most common in Pakistan. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Saeed? popularity and diffusion
The surname Saeed is the 273rd most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 3,713 people. Saeed occurs mostly in Asia, where 72 percent of Saeed are found; 46 percent are found in West Asia and 31 percent are found in Arabian Peninsula. It is also the 370th most numerous first name at a global level, held by 1,793,350 people.
It is most widely held in Pakistan, where it is carried by 448,977 people, or 1 in 398. In Pakistan it is most common in: Punjab, where 61 percent reside, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 19 percent reside and Sindh, where 14 percent reside. Excluding Pakistan Saeed exists in 122 countries. It is also found in Yemen, where 22 percent reside and Egypt, where 14 percent reside.
Saeed Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is chiefly Muslim (100%) in Kenya, Druze (28%) in Lebanon and Muslim (95%) in Nigeria.
In The United States Saeed are 1.72% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 51.51% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Saeed earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 22.24% less than the national average, earning 269,129 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 255.11% more than the national average, earning R 843,876 per year; in United States they earn 11.28% more than the national average, earning $48,016 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.02% more than the national average, earning $51,182 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Saeed Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Saeed in the Oriya language | ||
| ସଇଦ୍ | sa'id | - |
| Saeed in the Hindi language | ||
| सईद | sa'ida | 96.95 |
| सर्इद | sar'ida | 2.16 |
| Saeed in the Dhivehi language | ||
| ސަޢީދ | said | 93.33 |
| ްސައީދް | said | 6.67 |
| Saeed in the Marathi language | ||
| सैद | saida | 59.38 |
| सयेद | sayeda | 9.38 |
| साएद | sa'eda | 6.25 |
| सैएद | sai'eda | 6.25 |
| शद | sada | 3.13 |
| साजेद | sajeda | 3.13 |
| आबेदा | abeda | 3.13 |
| सॆद | seda | 3.13 |
| सइॅ्द | saieda | 3.13 |
| साडी | sadi | 3.13 |
| Saeed in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﻌﻴﺪ | syd | 50 |
| ﺍﻟﺴﻌﺪ | alsd | 50 |
| Saeed in the Arabic language | ||
| سَعيد | sayd | - |
| سعيِّد | syid | - |
| سعيَّد | syad | - |
| سعَّيد | sayd | - |
| سعيّد | syd | - |
| سعّيد | syd | - |
| السعيد | alsyd | - |
| سعيد | syd | - |
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Saeed Reference & Research
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Saeed
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