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    The surname Elsayed

    An Arabic surname, carried by 1,695 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex E423

    Elsayed: #16,839 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Elsayed #16,839, 1,695 people Elsayed: #16,839 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Elsayed #16,839, 1,695 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Elsayed is more common than 89.6% of them.

    Origin

    Arabic origin

    Borrowed from Arabic السيد.

    One of 179 Arabic surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,695 people named Elsayed in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 182,151 Americans. That is up 62% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,044.

    #16,839
    rank among US surnames
    1,695
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +62.4%
    change since 2000 (was #22,891)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #16,833Kaser1,696182,043
    #16,839Sowinski1,695182,151
    #16,848Stoehr1,694182,258

    Who is named Elsayed

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    81% of people named Elsayed identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.5% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 81%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 8.5%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.5%
    • Two or more races 4.3%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Other Arabic surnames

    All 179 Arabic surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Elsayed come from?
    Borrowed from Arabic السيد.
    How common is the surname Elsayed?
    1,695 people in the United States had the surname Elsayed in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 182,151 Americans. It ranked 16,839th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Elsayed?
    In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Elsayed identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.5% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Elsayed getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,044 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,695 in 2010, up 62%.