Sinai Surname
Approximately 3,900 people bear this surname
Sinai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 885 | 1:103,882 | 8,743 |
| United States | 484 | 1:748,882 | 58,523 |
| India | 323 | 1:2,374,815 | 77,074 |
| Papua New Guinea | 314 | 1:25,967 | 2,883 |
| Iraq | 210 | 1:166,770 | 4,170 |
| Jordan | 197 | 1:44,885 | 4,739 |
| Indonesia | 193 | 1:685,229 | 53,355 |
| Israel | 193 | 1:44,340 | 5,979 |
| Romania | 184 | 1:109,119 | 12,269 |
| Iran | 94 | 1:816,835 | 40,564 |
| England | 87 | 1:640,437 | 37,483 |
| Tanzania | 83 | 1:637,851 | 38,732 |
| Hungary | 77 | 1:127,484 | 11,841 |
| Canada | 68 | 1:541,847 | 45,466 |
| Slovakia | 43 | 1:124,103 | 22,986 |
| Australia | 37 | 1:729,614 | 48,196 |
| Mozambique | 36 | 1:757,266 | 1,613 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Brazil | 29 | 1:7,381,874 | 170,034 |
| South Africa | 29 | 1:1,868,197 | 87,346 |
| Uganda | 25 | 1:1,561,571 | 56,175 |
| Zimbabwe | 24 | 1:643,260 | 47,966 |
| Germany | 20 | 1:4,025,273 | 167,743 |
| Afghanistan | 19 | 1:1,692,273 | 13,110 |
| New Zealand | 18 | 1:251,574 | 23,165 |
| Thailand | 17 | 1:4,155,197 | 336,594 |
| Mexico | 16 | 1:7,757,888 | 35,569 |
| Argentina | 15 | 1:2,849,561 | 122,961 |
| France | 14 | 1:4,744,480 | 251,814 |
| Italy | 12 | 1:5,096,391 | 108,968 |
| Czechia | 10 | 1:1,063,347 | 80,937 |
| Sweden | 9 | 1:1,094,084 | 81,336 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Haiti | 6 | 1:1,780,651 | 14,597 |
| Russia | 5 | 1:28,824,611 | 530,332 |
| Finland | 5 | 1:1,099,340 | 45,512 |
| Belize | 5 | 1:71,095 | 2,977 |
| Yemen | 5 | 1:5,285,059 | 21,214 |
| Guatemala | 4 | 1:4,020,667 | 7,726 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Spain | 4 | 1:11,688,009 | 116,470 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Cambodia | 2 | 1:7,743,573 | 11,959 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 19 | 1:2,643,089 | 124,494 |
The alternate forms: Sinaï (9), Sinaí (3) & Şinai (1) are calculated separately.
Sinai (33,245) may also be a first name.
Sinai Demographics
Average Sinai Salary in
United States
$60,124 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Sinai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sinai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sinai (Arabic: سيناء, Hindi: सिनई, Marathi: िसनाई, Oriya: ସିନାଇ, Russian: Синаи) occurs most in Egypt. It can be found in the variant forms: Sinaï, Sinaí or Şinai. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sinai? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 117,938th most frequently occurring surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 1,868,602 people. The last name Sinai is primarily found in Asia, where 32 percent of Sinai reside; 23 percent reside in North Africa and 23 percent reside in Arabic North Africa. Sinai is also the 25,720th most frequently held forename in the world, held by 33,245 people.
Sinai is most frequently used in Egypt, where it is borne by 885 people, or 1 in 103,882. Without taking into account Egypt this last name is found in 80 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 12 percent live and India, where 8 percent live.
Sinai Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Sinai has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Sinai last name expanded 2,547 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Sinai Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Sinai surname are 39.71% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 92.94% registered with the party.
The amount Sinai earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 1.68% more than the national average, earning R 241,620 per year; in United States they earn 39.34% more than the national average, earning $60,124 USD per year and in Canada they earn 58.22% more than the national average, earning $78,606 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sinai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sinai in the Oriya language | ||
| ସିନାଇ | sina'i | 85.38 |
| ଶିନାଇ | sina'i | 6.92 |
| ସୀନାଇ | sina'i | 4.62 |
| ସିନାଈ | sina'i | 1.54 |
| ସିନଇ | sina'i | 0.77 |
| ସିନାଲ | sinala | 0.77 |
| Sinai in the Hindi language | ||
| सिनई | sina'i | 50 |
| सिनाई | sina'i | 50 |
| Sinai in the Marathi language | ||
| िसनाई | isana'i | 50 |
| िसनई | isana'i | 40 |
| सुिनल | suinala | 10 |
| Sinai in the Russian language | ||
| Синаи | sinai | - |
| Sinai in the Arabic language | ||
| سيناء | syna | - |
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Sinai Reference & Research
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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 Sinai
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