The Sayegh surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,674 people carried this name — #16,975 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 175,400 people counted. That is up 19% from 1,411 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 124 people named Sayegh live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in City of Buenos Aires.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 71 people named Sayegh.
Most of them — 52 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 7 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
32 people named Sayegh live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In the Nordic population registers
88 people named Sayegh 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).
In print
Sayegh in American newspapers,
1940–1960.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 35 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Sayegh,
with a public archive behind them.
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Habib Al Sayegh 1955–2019 · writer -
Salim Sayegh 1961– · politician -
Tony Sayegh 1976– · political adviser -
Sahar El-Sayegh 1990– · dentist -
Maximos IV Sayegh 1878–1967 · Catholic priest
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Hadi al-Sayegh 1884–1957 · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 24 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Sayegh.
- Saxe 1,776 · U.S. census
- Saxer 480 · U.S. census
- Say 3,302 · U.S. census
- Sayad 285 · U.S. census
- Sayah 266 · U.S. census
- Saye 1,163 · U.S. census
- Sayen 317 · U.S. census
- Sayer 3,395 · U.S. census
- Sbarra 343 · U.S. census
- Scaglia 155 · U.S. census
- Scaglione 2,082 · U.S. census
- Scala 3,537 · U.S. census
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