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 surname Shayi (Hindi: शयी, Marathi: शायी) occurs in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shayi? popularity and diffusion
It is the 124,370th most frequent family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 1,987,874 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Shayi reside; 93 percent reside in Southern Africa and 93 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 279,019th most common given name worldwide, held by 853 people.
This last name is most widely held in South Africa, where it is carried by 3,327 people, or 1 in 16,284. In South Africa Shayi is most prevalent in: Limpopo, where 57 percent are found, Gauteng, where 19 percent are found and Mpumalanga, where 12 percent are found. Beside South Africa this last name exists in 16 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 3 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 2 percent are found.
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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