The Sayad surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 285 people carried this name — #68,949 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,000,000 people counted. That is up 20% from 238 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 123 people named Sayad.
61 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 13 départements, most often Seine-Saint-Denis.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In the Nordic population registers
21 people named Sayad is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
Who carried it
People named Sayad,
with a public archive behind them.
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Parviz Sayyad 1939– · screenwriter -
Abdelmalek Sayad 1933–1998 · writer
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Cecilia Sayad 1970– · university teacher
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Seufyann Sayad 1979– · handball player
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Karim Sayad 1984– · screenwriter
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Karim Sayad 1984– · screenwriter
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Sayad.
When the index is not enough
This page says where Sayad is.
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