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 more in Mauritania more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Seiyed? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 6,063,924th most frequently held last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 80 percent of Seiyed are found; 80 percent are found in West Africa and 80 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 1,125,792nd most widely held first name globally, borne by 74 people.
Seiyed is most commonly occurring in Mauritania, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 511,858. In Mauritania Seiyed is most common in: Trarza Region, where 75 percent are found, Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 13 percent are found and Tiris Zemmour Region, where 13 percent are found. Beside Mauritania this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Qatar, where 10 percent are found and Turkey, where 10 percent are found.
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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