Sayang Surname
Approximately 4,617 people bear this surname
Sayang Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 3,716 | 1:35,589 | 4,152 |
| Philippines | 374 | 1:270,690 | 39,653 |
| Malaysia | 252 | 1:117,041 | 7,755 |
| Cameroon | 98 | 1:211,929 | 21,585 |
| United Arab Emirates | 39 | 1:234,930 | 15,673 |
| Papua New Guinea | 34 | 1:239,815 | 32,925 |
| Thailand | 32 | 1:2,207,448 | 250,768 |
| Singapore | 17 | 1:323,983 | 13,856 |
| Nigeria | 16 | 1:11,071,422 | 210,388 |
| Canada | 9 | 1:4,093,955 | 205,175 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Uzbekistan | 4 | 1:7,732,286 | 43,643 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Brunei | 2 | 1:209,366 | 3,098 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| East Timor | 1 | 1:1,215,928 | 507 |
| Bhutan | 1 | 1:616,039 | 1,715 |
Sayang (3,359) may also be a first name.
Sayang Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sayang Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sayang (Bengali: সয়ং, Oriya: ସାୟଂ, Tibetan: ས་གཡང་།) is found most frequently in Indonesia. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sayang? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 102,127th most frequently held last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 1,578,416 people. Sayang occurs predominantly in Asia, where 96 percent of Sayang reside; 95 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 86 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 123,075th most frequently used first name world-wide, held by 3,359 people.
It is most commonly used in Indonesia, where it is held by 3,716 people, or 1 in 35,589. In Indonesia it is most prevalent in: Bali, where 56 percent are found, South Sulawesi, where 17 percent are found and Aceh, where 3 percent are found. Outside of Indonesia Sayang occurs in 26 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 8 percent are found and Malaysia, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sayang Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sayang in the Bengali language | ||
| সয়ং | sayam | - |
| Sayang in the Tibetan language | ||
| ས་གཡང་། | sayang | 50 |
| ས་དབྱངས། | sayang | 50 |
| Sayang in the Oriya language | ||
| ସାୟଂ | sayam | 50 |
| ସାୟ | saya | 50 |
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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 Sayang
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