Affinity Bloc:
South Asian Peoples
Overview:
The Sayyid (Syed, Saiyad, Sayyad) hold the foremost position among the four classes of Muslims in general: Sayyid, Sheikh, Mughal and Pathan. The Sayyid are widely distributed across northern India, with concentrations in Jammu and Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat.
-- K. S. Singh, People of India, Volume VI, India's Communities N-Z. Delhi: Oxford University Press (1998), pp. 3402-3411
Peoples within this cluster:
Sayyid; Sayyid, Assamese; Sayyid, Awadhi; Sayyid, Bengali; Sayyid, Chhattisgarhi; Sayyid, Garhwali; Sayyid, Gujarati; Sayyid, Haryanvi; Sayyid, Hindi; Sayyid, Kannada; Sayyid, Kashmiri; Sayyid, Magahi; Sayyid, Marathi; Sayyid, Mewari; Sayyid, Odia; Sayyid, Pahari; Sayyid, Panjabi; Sayyid, Tamil; Sayyid, Telugu
Countries where they are found:
India
People groups:
19
Population:
11,026,880
Unreached people groups:
19
UPG population:
11,026,880
Unengaged UPGs:
7
UUPG population:
435,880
Number of countries:
1