Seyed Surname
Approximately 85,335 people bear this surname
Seyed Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 76,360 | 1:1,006 | 124 |
| Afghanistan | 3,284 | 1:9,791 | 702 |
| Ethiopia | 3,220 | 1:30,294 | 3,612 |
| Sri Lanka | 877 | 1:23,727 | 3,118 |
| Mauritania | 506 | 1:8,093 | 869 |
| Saudi Arabia | 358 | 1:86,189 | 12,374 |
| Egypt | 153 | 1:600,887 | 32,813 |
| United States | 136 | 1:2,665,139 | 160,299 |
| Canada | 60 | 1:614,093 | 50,489 |
| India | 60 | 1:12,784,423 | 224,716 |
| England | 38 | 1:1,466,265 | 63,675 |
| United Arab Emirates | 33 | 1:277,645 | 19,302 |
| Germany | 32 | 1:2,515,796 | 126,826 |
| Pakistan | 31 | 1:5,762,706 | 35,301 |
| Austria | 27 | 1:315,386 | 35,058 |
| Qatar | 22 | 1:107,182 | 11,536 |
| Netherlands | 18 | 1:938,176 | 63,634 |
| Australia | 18 | 1:1,499,761 | 75,721 |
| Sweden | 11 | 1:895,160 | 66,831 |
| Switzerland | 9 | 1:912,546 | 58,198 |
| Malaysia | 9 | 1:3,277,136 | 121,952 |
| France | 8 | 1:8,302,840 | 321,660 |
| Italy | 6 | 1:10,192,781 | 121,657 |
| Spain | 5 | 1:9,350,407 | 109,555 |
| Croatia | 5 | 1:845,721 | 48,179 |
| Belgium | 5 | 1:2,299,329 | 106,824 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Hungary | 2 | 1:4,908,138 | 64,617 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
Seyed (33,068) may also be a first name.
Seyed Demographics
Seyed Political Affiliation
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Seyed Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Seyed Come From? nationality or country of origin
Seyed (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺴﻴﺪ, Hindi: सेयेद, Marathi: सायेद, Oriya: େସେୟଦ୍) is more frequently found in Iran than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Seyed? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 6,619th most widely held family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 85,399 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 95 percent of Seyed reside; 94 percent reside in South Asia and 93 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 25,845th most commonly held first name in the world It is held by 33,068 people.
The surname Seyed is most prevalent in Iran, where it is held by 76,360 people, or 1 in 1,006. In Iran Seyed is most frequent in: Tehran Province, where 23 percent reside, Razavi Khorasan Province, where 12 percent reside and West Azerbaijan Province, where 10 percent reside. Beside Iran this surname is found in 52 countries. It is also found in Afghanistan, where 4 percent reside and Ethiopia, where 4 percent reside.
Seyed Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Seyed last name are 1.32% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 54.55% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Seyed earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 7.02% more than the national average, earning $46,179 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.27% less than the national average, earning $46,567 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Seyed Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Seyed in the Hindi language | ||
| सेयेद | seyeda | - |
| Seyed in the Oriya language | ||
| େସେୟଦ୍ | eseyad | - |
| Seyed in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺴﻴﺪ | alsyd | 98.09 |
| Seyed in the Marathi language | ||
| सायेद | sayeda | 40 |
| सयेद | sayeda | 20 |
| सेयेदिल | seyedila | 20 |
| सेयेद | seyeda | 20 |
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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
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Seyed
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