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
The last name Sayang (Bengali: সয়ং, Oriya: ସାୟଂ, Tibetan: ས་གཡང་།) occurs in Indonesia more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sayang? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 102,127th most commonly used surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 1,578,416 people. The surname 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 frequent forename throughout the world, borne by 3,359 people.
Sayang is most commonly occurring in Indonesia, where it is borne by 3,716 people, or 1 in 35,589. In Indonesia Sayang is most numerous in: Bali, where 56 percent are found, South Sulawesi, where 17 percent are found and Aceh, where 3 percent are found. Other than Indonesia this last name exists in 26 countries. It also occurs 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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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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