Seyidi Surname
Approximately 1,475 people bear this surname
Seyidi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 1,430 | 1:2,864 | 349 |
| Azerbaijan | 27 | 1:357,375 | 7,700 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Niger | 5 | 1:3,838,403 | 64,195 |
| Turkey | 3 | 1:25,940,474 | 162,557 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
The alternate forms: Séyidi (2) are calculated separately.
Seyidi (280) may also be a first name.
Seyidi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Seyidi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Seyidi (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻴﻴﺪﻱ) is found most in Mauritania. It can appear in the variant forms: Séyidi. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Seyidi? popularity and diffusion
The last name Seyidi is the 265,253rd most widely held family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 4,940,709 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Seyidi live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Senegambia Africa. Seyidi is also the 530,161st most commonly occurring given name internationally, held by 280 people.
Seyidi is most numerous in Mauritania, where it is carried by 1,430 people, or 1 in 2,864. In Mauritania it is most frequent in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 22 percent are found, Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 20 percent are found and Assaba Region, where 18 percent are found. Without taking into account Mauritania this last name exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in Azerbaijan, where 2 percent are found and Nigeria, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Seyidi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Seyidi in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﻴﻴﺪﻱ | syydy | 29.98 |
| ﺍﻟﺴﻴﺪﻱ | alsydy | 26.69 |
| ﺳﻴﺪﻱ | sydy | 25.67 |
| ﺍﻟﺴﻴﻴﺪﻱ | alsyydy | 4.93 |
| ﺳﻴﺪﻯ | sydy | 3.9 |
| ﺍﻟﺴﻴﺪﻯ | alsydy | 3.49 |
| ﺳﻴﻴﺪﻯ | syydy | 1.85 |
| ﺳﻴﻴﺪ | syyd | 0.82 |
| ﺍﻟﺴﻴﻴﺪﻯ | alsyydy | 0.62 |
| ﺍﻟﺴﻴﺪ | alsyd | 0.62 |
| ﺍﻟﺴﻴﻴﺪ | alsyyd | 0.41 |
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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 Seyidi
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