Sayid Surname
Approximately 9,844 people bear this surname
Sayid Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Somalia | 3,823 | 1:3,519 | 328 |
| Ethiopia | 1,288 | 1:75,735 | 7,282 |
| Egypt | 1,251 | 1:73,490 | 6,720 |
| Indonesia | 840 | 1:157,440 | 15,383 |
| India | 532 | 1:1,441,852 | 54,882 |
| Saudi Arabia | 517 | 1:59,682 | 8,852 |
| Bangladesh | 360 | 1:442,658 | 11,259 |
| Nigeria | 311 | 1:569,591 | 27,605 |
| Somaliland | 252 | 1:13,890 | 743 |
| England | 92 | 1:605,631 | 36,119 |
| United States | 91 | 1:3,983,065 | 216,270 |
| Mauritania | 78 | 1:52,498 | 3,803 |
| Israel | 58 | 1:147,545 | 15,555 |
| Malaysia | 46 | 1:641,179 | 30,740 |
| Turkey | 44 | 1:1,768,669 | 64,663 |
| Pakistan | 40 | 1:4,466,097 | 30,538 |
| Sudan | 36 | 1:1,041,950 | 3,038 |
| Uzbekistan | 27 | 1:1,145,524 | 21,534 |
| South Africa | 19 | 1:2,851,458 | 109,033 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| Canada | 12 | 1:3,070,466 | 169,836 |
| Norway | 11 | 1:467,481 | 39,375 |
| Thailand | 10 | 1:7,063,834 | 426,148 |
| Kenya | 10 | 1:4,617,990 | 42,693 |
| Sweden | 9 | 1:1,094,084 | 81,336 |
| Tanzania | 9 | 1:5,882,401 | 60,754 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Niger | 6 | 1:3,198,670 | 54,540 |
| Russia | 6 | 1:24,020,509 | 493,300 |
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Djibouti | 4 | 1:228,733 | 966 |
| Yemen | 4 | 1:6,606,324 | 25,896 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| Syria | 2 | 1:9,650,511 | 17,817 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
Sayid (21,089) may also be a first name.
Sayid Demographics
Average Sayid Salary in
United States
$36,160 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Sayid Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sayid Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sayid (Arabic: بسعيد, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺴﻴﺪ, Hindi: सयीद, Marathi: सईद, Oriya: ସୟିଦ, Russian: Сайид) has its highest incidence in Somalia. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sayid? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 52,023rd most frequently occurring last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 740,303 people. The surname Sayid occurs mostly in Africa, where 72 percent of Sayid live; 55 percent live in East Africa and 42 percent live in Cushitic Africa. It is also the 36,348th most prevalent forename at a global level, held by 21,089 people.
The last name is most common in Somalia, where it is held by 3,823 people, or 1 in 3,519. Without taking into account Somalia this surname exists in 50 countries. It is also found in Ethiopia, where 13 percent are found and Egypt, where 13 percent are found.
Sayid Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is primarily Muslim (100%) in Kenya and Muslim (98%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those holding the Sayid surname are 11.48% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 64.71% registered with the party.
The amount Sayid earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 30.11% less than the national average, earning 241,864 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 51.98% less than the national average, earning R 114,120 per year and in United States they earn 16.2% less than the national average, earning $36,160 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sayid Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sayid in the Oriya language | ||
| ସୟିଦ | sayida | 70.13 |
| ସୟିଦ୍ | sayid | 15.58 |
| ସୟୀଦ | sayida | 6.49 |
| ସାୟିଦ | sayida | 2.6 |
| ସାୟୀଦ | sayida | 1.3 |
| ସଇଦ | sa'ida | 1.3 |
| ସୟି | sayi | 1.3 |
| ସାୟୀଦ୍ | sayid | 1.3 |
| Sayid in the Hindi language | ||
| सयीद | sayida | 58.18 |
| सईद | sa'ida | 16.36 |
| सायिद | sayida | 14.55 |
| सयिद | sayida | 3.64 |
| सयि्द | sayida | 1.82 |
| सायीद | sayida | 1.82 |
| Sayid in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺴﻴﺪ | alsyd | 40.63 |
| ﺍﺳﻌﻴﺪ | asyd | 34.38 |
| ﺳﻌﻴﺪ | syd | 12.5 |
| ﺍﻟﺴﻌﻴﺪ | alsyd | 6.25 |
| ﺇﺳﻌﻴﺪ | asyd | 3.13 |
| ﺍﻟﺰﺍﻳﺪ | alzayd | 3.13 |
| Sayid in the Marathi language | ||
| सईद | sa'ida | 39.62 |
| सयीद | sayida | 22.64 |
| सैयद | saiyada | 8.49 |
| सायीद | sayida | 8.49 |
| साियद | saiyada | 5.66 |
| सै | sai | 4.72 |
| सइद | sa'ida | 3.77 |
| सयीड | sayida | 2.83 |
| शायीद | sayida | 0.94 |
| सैद | saida | 0.94 |
| शाइ | sa'i | 0.94 |
| Sayid in the Russian language | ||
| Сайид | sajid | - |
| Sayid in the Arabic language | ||
| بسعيد | bsyd | - |
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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 Sayid
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