Sayyat Surname
Approximately 397 people bear this surname
Sayyat Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 372 | 1:206,405 | 16,504 |
| India | 12 | 1:63,922,115 | 578,870 |
| Turkey | 5 | 1:15,564,284 | 149,633 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
Sayyat (124) may also be a first name.
Sayyat Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sayyat Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sayyat (Hindi: सय्यत, Marathi: यत) is held by more people in Iran than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sayyat? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sayyat is the 730,373rd most widespread family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 18,356,539 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Sayyat live; 97 percent live in South Asia and 94 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 836,439th most frequently held first name globally, held by 124 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Iran, where it is held by 372 people, or 1 in 206,405. In Iran it is mostly found in: Khuzestan Province, where 20 percent live, Tehran Province, where 16 percent live and East Azerbaijan Province, where 15 percent live. Excluding Iran this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also found in India, where 3 percent live and Turkey, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sayyat Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sayyat in the Marathi language | ||
| यत | yata | 75 |
| सैयात | saiyata | 25 |
| Sayyat in the Hindi language | ||
| सय्यत | sayyata | 66.67 |
| सय्यात | sayyata | 33.33 |
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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 Sayyat
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