Siyah

surname · Latin script

Meaning: black

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

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

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

rarermore common
  • TRTürkiye≈1 in 71K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States≈1 in 68M

carrying the name, as Mondonomo estimates it from our sources: no national register counts it in these countries. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Türkiye (inferred from the name graph)

≈1,100 people, est.

Sources
28 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 71K (inferred from the name graph)

Türkiye, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

black

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Where in the world(measured from records)

Siyah 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 Siyah is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
TR Türkiye≈1,100 est.≈1 in 71K—Siyah28
US United States≈5 est.≈1 in 68M18Siyah5
AZ Azerbaijan——listed—3
IN India——16——

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); the in-instate-surnames-bystate register. 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)

Siyah is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • German surname8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Germany, United States, South Africa, Malaysia

    Languages: German, English, Dutch

    Also written Śïýäh, Sïyäh, Sīyah, Şiyah

  • French surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France

    Also written Sīýãh

  • Persian surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Iran

    Also written Siyāh

  • Pashto surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Iran

    Also written Siyāh

34 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.

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Colleague,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 6 sources across 3 countries.

Official registers attesting Siyah
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
IN IndiaInstate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls—16#18,305
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 2

  • Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
  • 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

What does the name Siyah mean, and where does it come from?
black Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Siyah?
A machine transcription gives /sijah/ (IPA) for Turkish.
In which country does Siyah have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 1.1 thousand people named Siyah in Türkiye, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled siyah.
How common is the name Siyah?
Mondonomo estimates about 1,100 people in Türkiye have Siyah as their first surname, about 1 in 71 thousand residents. No national register counts it there; the figure is ours, calibrated against the registers that do.

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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, “Siyah”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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