# Said (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/said/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Arabic.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Arabic |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 5,535 |
| US rank (2010) | 6,180 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 55,781 people |
| Change since 2000 | +60% (3,468 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /saɪd/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | Saeed, Sayeed |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سَعِيد (saʕīd).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Said in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 51% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 34% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 4.4% |
| Two or more races | 6.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Said in the United States, Algeria and Mauritania.

## People named Said

- Bob Said, American racing driver
- Mohamed Kaci-Said, Algerian footballer
- L’Malouma Said, anti-slavery activist, deputy (Member of Parliament) to the Mauritanian National Assembly
- Boris Said, American racing driver

## Similar surnames

Saad, Saito, Saeed, Seid, Sada, Saitta, Sadd, Shahid, Sayed, Shad, Scott, Soto.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.