Sayat

surname · Latin script

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

/sɑjɑt/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

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

rarermore common
  • PHPhilippines≈1 in 50K(inferred from the name graph)
  • TRTürkiye≈1 in 150K
  • TNTunisia≈1 in 189K

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.

Philippines (inferred from the name graph)

≈2,200 people, est.

Sources
59 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 50K (inferred from the name graph)

Philippines, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

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

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)

Sayat 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 Sayat is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
PH Philippines≈2,200 est.≈1 in 50K—Sayat32
IN India≈580 est.≈1 in 2.3M1Sayat5
TR Türkiye≈550 est.≈1 in 150K—Sayat23
TN Tunisia≈62 est.≈1 in 189K—Sayat1
US United States≈44 est.≈1 in 7.5M6Sayat59
MY Malaysia≈30 est.≈1 in 1.1M—Sayat6
KZ Kazakhstan≈24 est.≈1 in 795K—Sayat8
PL Poland41 in 9.6M17——

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: SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames); dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20); naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls). 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)

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

  • Russian given name32 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan

    Languages: Russian, Uzbek, Kazakh

    Also written Саят, Сайат, Сея, Sajat, saiaT

  • Indonesian surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia

    Languages: Indonesian, Malay

    Also written Şayat

  • French surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Philippines, France

    Also written Şayat

  • Swahili surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Philippines, United States

    Also written Şayat

  • Thai surname51 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Thailand, India, Nigeria, Philippines

    Also written สายดี, Sayad, Saidu, สหยศ, สายดู

37 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.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Sayat is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In zlm, slicing off, of slicing off a projection such as a finger-tip, or the ear; of cutting an onion into slices; of severing the umbilicus

    as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

  • In kaw, with a piece (pieces, shreds) torn off, laid bare

    as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

  • In iba, to slice (as meat); to saw (as logs)

    as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

  • In nij, cutting; what is cut to pieces

    as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

  • In poz-wmp-pro, slice, cut into pieces

    as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Sayat,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 15 sources across 10 countries.

Official registers attesting Sayat
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)20262—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)20262—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—2#390,403
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—2#382,839
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 2

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)

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

How do you pronounce Sayat?
A machine transcription gives /sɑjɑt/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Sayat have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 2.2 thousand people named Sayat in the Philippines, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled sayat.
How common is the name Sayat?
In Poland, the national register counted 4 people named Sayat in 2026, about 1 in 9.6 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, “Sayat”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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