Sayia Surname
Approximately 492 people bear this surname
Sayia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 431 | 1:107,146 | 9,222 |
| Papua New Guinea | 38 | 1:214,572 | 29,580 |
| United States | 14 | 1:25,889,924 | 709,614 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Sayia (296) may also be a first name.
Sayia Demographics
Sayia Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Sayia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sayia Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sayia (Hindi: सायिा) is most common in Kenya. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sayia? popularity and diffusion
Sayia is the 623,516th most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 14,812,085 people. The last name Sayia occurs predominantly in Africa, where 88 percent of Sayia are found; 88 percent are found in East Africa and 77 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 512,632nd most commonly occurring given name globally, held by 296 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is held by 431 people, or 1 in 107,146. In Kenya Sayia is primarily concentrated in: Kakamega County, where 68 percent live, Bungoma County, where 18 percent live and Vihiga County, where 13 percent live. Not including Kenya this last name occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 8 percent live and The United States, where 3 percent live.
Sayia Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Sayia surname are 28.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 75% registered with the party.
Sayia earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 92.26% more than the national average, earning $82,958 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sayia Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sayia in the Hindi language | ||
| सायिा | sayia | 57.14 |
| सयिा | sayia | 28.57 |
| सयीअ | sayi'a | 14.29 |
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Sayia
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis