Seiyed Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Seiyed Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 8 | 1:511,858 | 18,608 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
Seiyed (74) may also be a first name.
Seiyed Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Seiyed Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Seiyed (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻴﺪ) occurs most in Mauritania. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Seiyed.
How Common Is The Last Name Seiyed? popularity and diffusion
Seiyed is the 6,063,924th most frequent last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 80 percent of Seiyed reside; 80 percent reside in West Africa and 80 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. Seiyed is also the 1,125,792nd most frequent first name globally It is held by 74 people.
The surname Seiyed is most commonly used in Mauritania, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 511,858. In Mauritania Seiyed is primarily concentrated in: Trarza Region, where 75 percent reside, Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 13 percent reside and Tiris Zemmour Region, where 13 percent reside. Outside of Mauritania this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Qatar, where 10 percent reside and Turkey, where 10 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Seiyed Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Seiyed in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﻴﺪ | syd | 50 |
| ﺍﻟﺴﻴﺪ | alsyd | 50 |
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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 Seiyed
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