Sayyah Surname
Approximately 22,797 people bear this surname
Sayyah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 21,904 | 1:3,505 | 458 |
| Egypt | 305 | 1:301,429 | 19,796 |
| Saudi Arabia | 239 | 1:129,104 | 17,726 |
| United States | 203 | 1:1,785,512 | 117,316 |
| England | 40 | 1:1,392,951 | 61,553 |
| Iraq | 21 | 1:1,667,698 | 16,789 |
| Lebanon | 13 | 1:433,622 | 11,952 |
| Australia | 10 | 1:2,699,570 | 109,631 |
| Canada | 9 | 1:4,093,955 | 205,175 |
| Honduras | 8 | 1:1,102,055 | 4,829 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Bahrain | 4 | 1:337,152 | 6,054 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Maldives | 3 | 1:134,724 | 4,057 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
The alternate forms: Sayyáh (1) are calculated separately.
Sayyah (1,564) may also be a first name.
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Sayyah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sayyah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sayyah is more commonly found in Iran than any other country/territory. It can also appear as: Sayyáh. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sayyah? popularity and diffusion
It is the 23,760th most frequently held family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 319,671 people. The surname Sayyah occurs predominantly in Asia, where 97 percent of Sayyah live; 96 percent live in South Asia and 96 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Sayyah is also the 195,855th most frequent first name throughout the world. It is borne by 1,564 people.
The last name Sayyah is most frequently held in Iran, where it is borne by 21,904 people, or 1 in 3,505. In Iran it is mostly found in: Khuzestan Province, where 54 percent reside, Tehran Province, where 10 percent reside and Razavi Khorasan Province, where 7 percent reside. Not including Iran this last name is found in 31 countries. It is also common in Egypt, where 1 percent reside and Saudi Arabia, where 1 percent reside.
Sayyah Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Sayyah are 15.73% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 62.5% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Sayyah earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 60.32% more than the national average, earning $69,175 USD per year and in Canada they earn 19.75% less than the national average, earning $39,870 CAD per year.
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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
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