Saîdi

surname · Latin script

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

Saîdi is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Tanzania than in any other country. In Tunisia it is the 16th most common surname. Recorded meaning: Borrowed from Arabic سَيِّد (sayyid, “master, lord”).

rarermore common
  • TZTanzania≈1 in 242(inferred from the name graph)
  • TNTunisia≈1 in 707
  • MAMorocco≈1 in 1.6K

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.

Tanzania (inferred from the name graph)

≈240,000 people, est.

Sources
271 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 242 (inferred from the name graph)

Tanzania, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Saidi in MA Morocco, TN Tunisia, TZ Tanzania and 4 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Borrowed from Arabic سَيِّد (sayyid, “master, lord”).

Sources 2

Attested across 11 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Saîdi 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 Saîdi is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
TZ Tanzania#146≈240,000 est.≈1 in 2427Saidi21
MA Morocco#34≈22,000 est.≈1 in 1.6K—Saidi80
DZ Algeria#24≈20,000 est.≈1 in 2.1K—Saidi51
AF Afghanistan—≈17,000 est.≈1 in 2.1K—Saidi6
TN Tunisia#16≈17,000 est.≈1 in 707—Saidi58
ES Spain—3,2311 in 15K3.2KSaidi41
OM Oman#124≈2,300 est.≈1 in 2K—Saidi39

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: INEC Special Gazette 2021 — 2020 parliamentary election results; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal). 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)

Saîdi is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English surname21 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Tanzania, United States, Nigeria, Germany

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Saidi, Saïdi, Sāídì, Säìdì, Sâídį

5 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)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Saîdi under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Saîdi mean, and where does it come from?
Borrowed from Arabic سَيِّد (sayyid, “master, lord”). Recorded by Wiktionary and Nordic Names.
In which country does Saîdi have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 242 thousand people named Saîdi in Tanzania, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled saidi.
How common is the name Saîdi?
In Spain, the national register counted 3,231 people named Saîdi, about 1 in 15 thousand residents.
How common is Saîdi compared with other names?
In Tanzania, Saîdi is the 146th most common surname of 112,969 surnames recorded there.

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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, “Saîdi” — the 146th most common surname in Tanzania. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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