Sayay Surname
Approximately 1,666 people bear this surname
Sayay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ecuador | 1,602 | 1:9,929 | 1,611 |
| Spain | 27 | 1:1,731,557 | 49,506 |
| India | 15 | 1:51,137,692 | 512,385 |
| Tanzania | 9 | 1:5,882,401 | 60,754 |
| Philippines | 6 | 1:16,873,037 | 249,062 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
Sayay (73) may also be a first name.
Sayay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sayay Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sayay (Hindi: सायय, Marathi: सयाय) is carried by more people in Ecuador than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sayay? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 240,172nd most frequent family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 4,374,277 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 96 percent of Sayay reside; 96 percent reside in South America and 96 percent reside in Andean South America. It is also the 1,134,117th most prevalent first name throughout the world, held by 73 people.
The last name is most numerous in Ecuador, where it is held by 1,602 people, or 1 in 9,929. In Ecuador Sayay is mostly concentrated in: Chimborazo Province, where 46 percent reside, Guayas Province, where 38 percent reside and Pichincha Province, where 7 percent reside. Beside Ecuador this last name exists in 9 countries. It is also common in Spain, where 2 percent reside and India, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sayay Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sayay in the Marathi language | ||
| सयाय | sayaya | 85.71 |
| सायय | sayaya | 14.29 |
| Sayay in the Hindi language | ||
| सायय | sayaya | 60 |
| सयय | sayaya | 40 |
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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 Sayay
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