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Family name Siyad (Siyad
, سياد
, Сиад
) , around the globe, is quite a common last name. The cognomen Siyad is characteristic of Maldives, where it is quite a common surname, Somalia, and Qatar, where it is quite a rare surname. In absolute terms, the name is most common in Somalia, India, and Saudi Arabia. More prevalently, Siyad is the forename as well as the last name.