Shayi Surname
Approximately 3,666 people bear this surname
Shayi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 3,327 | 1:16,284 | 2,062 |
| DR Congo | 109 | 1:677,794 | 49,381 |
| Zimbabwe | 83 | 1:186,003 | 22,110 |
| Nigeria | 65 | 1:2,725,273 | 87,396 |
| India | 45 | 1:17,045,897 | 267,282 |
| China | 11 | 1:124,301,961 | 6,553 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
Shayi (853) may also be a first name.
Shayi Demographics
Average Shayi Salary in
South Africa
R 118,968
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Shayi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shayi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shayi (Hindi: शयी, Marathi: शायी) is found most in South Africa. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Shayi.
How Common Is The Last Name Shayi? popularity and diffusion
The last name Shayi is the 124,370th most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 1,987,874 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Shayi live; 93 percent live in Southern Africa and 93 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Shayi is also the 279,019th most numerous first name world-wide. It is borne by 853 people.
The last name is most numerous in South Africa, where it is carried by 3,327 people, or 1 in 16,284. In South Africa it is most frequent in: Limpopo, where 57 percent live, Gauteng, where 19 percent live and Mpumalanga, where 12 percent live. Outside of South Africa this last name occurs in 16 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 3 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 2 percent live.
Shayi Last Name Statistics demography
Shayi earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 49.94% less than the national average, earning R 118,968 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shayi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shayi in the Hindi language | ||
| शयी | sayi | 75 |
| शयि | sayi | 25 |
| Shayi in the Marathi language | ||
| शायी | sayi | 50 |
| शयी | sayi | 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
- 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 Shayi
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