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    The surname Sayed

    A surname, carried by 1,516 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S300

    Sayed: #18,301 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Sayed #18,301, 1,516 people Sayed: #18,301 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Sayed #18,301, 1,516 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sayed is more common than 88.7% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,516 people named Sayed in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 203,658 Americans. That is up 23% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,233.

    #18,301
    rank among US surnames
    1,516
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +23%
    change since 2000 (was #20,111)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #18,296Khatun1,517203,524
    #18,301Sayed1,516203,658
    #18,306Reyez1,515203,792

    Who is named Sayed

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

    43% of people named Sayed identified as white (not Hispanic), 39% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 12% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 43%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 39%
    • Two or more races 12%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 4.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Hispanic, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Sayeds

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Abu Sayed
      Bangladeshi activist (born 1999)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Sayed

    Sayed has the Soundex code S300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S300.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Sayed?
    1,516 people in the United States had the surname Sayed in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 203,658 Americans. It ranked 18,301st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Sayed?
    In the 2010 Census, 43% of people named Sayed identified as white (not Hispanic), and 39% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Who is the most famous person named Sayed?
    Abu Sayed, Bangladeshi activist (born 1999).
    Where is the surname Sayed most common?
    Wikidata records people named Sayed in Bangladesh.
    Is the surname Sayed getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,233 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,516 in 2010, up 23%.