Siyame Surname
Approximately 6,305 people bear this surname
Siyame Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 2,996 | 1:17,671 | 2,267 |
| Malawi | 1,673 | 1:10,233 | 1,583 |
| Zambia | 1,489 | 1:10,645 | 1,229 |
| Mauritania | 74 | 1:55,336 | 3,965 |
| Zimbabwe | 53 | 1:291,288 | 29,631 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Siyame (40) may also be a first name.
Siyame Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Siyame Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Siyame (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺼﻴﺎﻡ) is found most in Tanzania. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Siyame? popularity and diffusion
The last name Siyame is the 77,570th most commonly held surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 1,155,836 people. The surname Siyame is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Siyame are found; 51 percent are found in Southern Africa and 51 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Siyame is also the 1,614,485th most numerous first name internationally It is held by 40 people.
The surname Siyame is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 2,996 people, or 1 in 17,671. In Tanzania it is mostly found in: Songwe Region, where 63 percent live, Mbeya Region, where 13 percent live and Rukwa Region, where 12 percent live. Excluding Tanzania this surname is found in 10 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 27 percent live and Zambia, where 24 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Siyame Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Siyame in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺼﻴﺎﻡ | alsyam | 88.24 |
| ﺻﻴﺎﻡ | syam | 11.76 |
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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 Siyame
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