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 borne by more people in Mauritania than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms: Séyidi. Click here to see other possible spellings of Seyidi.
How Common Is The Last Name Seyidi? popularity and diffusion
Seyidi is the 265,253rd most common last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 4,940,709 people. The last name Seyidi occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Seyidi reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. Seyidi is also the 530,161st most frequently used first name world-wide, held by 280 people.
It is most commonly used in Mauritania, where it is held by 1,430 people, or 1 in 2,864. In Mauritania Seyidi is most numerous in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 22 percent live, Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 20 percent live and Assaba Region, where 18 percent live. Excluding Mauritania this surname is found in 8 countries. It is also found in Azerbaijan, where 2 percent live and Nigeria, where 0 percent live.
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
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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 Seyidi
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