Sayam

surname · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Sayam is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Pakistan than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • INIndia1 in 18M(measured from records)
  • PHPhilippines≈1 in 116K
  • PKPakistan≈1 in 120K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Pakistan (inferred from the name graph)

≈2,000 people, est.

Sources
69 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 116K (inferred from the name graph)

Philippines, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Sayam counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Sayam is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
PK Pakistan≈2,000 est.≈1 in 120K—Sayam17
PH Philippines≈940 est.≈1 in 116K—Sayam6
IN India721 in 18M72Sayam69
US United States≈35 est.≈1 in 9.5MlistedSayam39
DK Denmark111 in 534K11——
GB United Kingdom≈7 est.≈1 in 9.3M12Sayam18
ES Spain71 in 7.1M7—1

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Sayam is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Sayām

  • Thai given name52 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Thailand, India, Malaysia, United Kingdom

    Languages: Thai, Lao

    Also written สยาม, Siam, แจ็ค, แจ๊ค, ศยาม

  • Spanish surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Philippines, India, United States

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Šäyåm

  • Arabic surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait

    Also written Sâyàm

  • French surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Philippines

    Also written Sayām

36 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 16 sources across 11 countries.

Official registers attesting Sayam
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)1980156—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)1981147—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)1986138—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)1988132—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)1975131—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)1985128—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)1989125—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)1987125—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)1982125—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)1982124—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)1984122—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)1980122—

Reference works 1

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

In which country does Sayam have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 2.0 thousand people named Sayam in Pakistan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled sayam.
How common is the name Sayam?
In India, the national register counted 72 people named Sayam, about 1 in 18 million residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Sayam”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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