Yousef Forename
911th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 986,601 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
United Arab Emirates
Yousef Forename User-submission:
The name Yousef means 'God shall add' or 'God will increase' in Arabic. It is the Arabic form of the name Joseph, a figure with significant biblical and Quranic importance. It comes from the Arabic root ي-س-ف (y-s-f), meaning 'to add' or 'to increase'.
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| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 87% | 227,792 | 1:403 | 74 |
| Iran | 100% | 193,789 | 1:405 | 83 |
| Iraq | 100% | 109,810 | 1:319 | 52 |
| Syria | - | 92,181 | 1:209 | 32 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 70,633 | 1:101 | 8 |
| Yemen | - | 67,045 | 1:392 | 68 |
| Jordan | 100% | 61,651 | 1:143 | 13 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 46,243 | 1:122 | 11 |
| Libya | - | 41,681 | 1:149 | 19 |
| Palestine | 100% | 36,367 | 1:125 | 10 |
| Sudan | 100% | 9,122 | 1:4,145 | 666 |
| India | 100% | 5,834 | 1:208,241 | 21,403 |
| Oman | 100% | 4,198 | 1:979 | 146 |
| United States | 100% | 3,328 | 1:108,935 | 4,701 |
| Morocco | 100% | 3,112 | 1:11,037 | 854 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 2,972 | 1:10,368 | 1,491 |
| Bahrain | - | 1,687 | 1:799 | 129 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 1,156 | 1:84,395 | 6,393 |
| Algeria | 100% | 972 | 1:39,276 | 1,590 |
| Tunisia | 100% | 967 | 1:700 | 142 |
| England | 100% | 771 | 1:72,118 | 3,015 |
| Spain | 100% | 762 | 1:61,063 | 2,235 |
| Canada | 100% | 666 | 1:49,750 | 3,270 |
| Sweden | 100% | 619 | 1:15,926 | 1,191 |
| Thailand | 100% | 444 | 1:157,806 | 11,340 |
| Kuwait | - | 256 | 1:14,786 | 1,684 |
| Germany | 100% | 255 | 1:379,129 | 4,478 |
| Poland | - | 236 | 1:161,132 | 3,078 |
| Pakistan | 75% | 206 | 1:943,484 | 17,041 |
| Belgium | 100% | 138 | 1:83,261 | 3,151 |
| Netherlands | 98% | 120 | 1:140,851 | 6,243 |
| Brazil | 100% | 116 | 1:1,846,863 | 39,966 |
| Malaysia | 99% | 106 | 1:287,264 | 14,843 |
| Denmark | - | 101 | 1:55,936 | 2,032 |
| France | 100% | 93 | 1:714,735 | 6,532 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 81 | 1:372,863 | 10,977 |
| Afghanistan | 97% | 65 | 1:501,900 | 8,356 |
| Australia | - | 63 | 1:216,788 | 5,205 |
| Philippines | 100% | 63 | 1:1,682,690 | 39,237 |
| Romania | 100% | 62 | 1:323,419 | 9,833 |
| Norway | 100% | 58 | 1:88,488 | 3,003 |
| New Zealand | - | 54 | 1:84,001 | 3,804 |
| Mauritania | 100% | 46 | 1:89,027 | 3,686 |
| Malta | - | 34 | 1:12,628 | 1,146 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 31 | 1:336,493 | 11,264 |
| Russia | 100% | 31 | 1:4,652,700 | 23,240 |
| Chile | 63% | 30 | 1:586,907 | 6,668 |
| Hungary | 100% | 30 | 1:326,392 | 1,420 |
| Indonesia | - | 29 | 1:8,895,299 | 294,414 |
| Scotland | 80% | 29 | 1:184,495 | 3,374 |
| China | - | 28 | 1:48,787,706 | 62,196 |
| South Africa | 100% | 28 | 1:1,947,595 | 58,611 |
| Wales | 100% | 28 | 1:110,511 | 2,590 |
| Austria | 100% | 27 | 1:315,341 | 3,671 |
| Italy | 98% | 22 | 1:2,775,550 | 17,247 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 22 | 1:373,341 | 6,715 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 21 | 1:3,515,600 | 73,131 |
| Ecuador | - | 20 | 1:886,346 | 7,318 |
| Israel | 100% | 18 | 1:466,829 | 9,497 |
| Peru | 100% | 17 | 1:1,870,086 | 19,702 |
| Ireland | 100% | 16 | 1:290,220 | 4,558 |
| Czechia | 100% | 16 | 1:666,010 | 2,826 |
| Finland | 100% | 15 | 1:365,546 | 4,839 |
| Qatar | 100% | 15 | 1:157,974 | 16,771 |
| Mexico | 100% | 14 | 1:8,867,459 | 28,360 |
| Greece | 100% | 13 | 1:841,119 | 8,698 |
| Liberia | 100% | 13 | 1:339,389 | 10,356 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 9 | 1:96,786 | 2,691 |
| Japan | - | 7 | 1:18,283,722 | 43,935 |
| Taiwan | - | 7 | 1:3,395,669 | 64,613 |
| Kazakhstan | - | 5 | 1:3,549,369 | 21,516 |
| Nigeria | - | 5 | 1:35,512,872 | 242,191 |
| Singapore | - | 5 | 1:1,257,411 | 16,611 |
| Turkey | - | 5 | 1:15,560,342 | 40,635 |
| Ukraine | - | 5 | 1:9,099,982 | 12,980 |
| Ghana | - | 4 | 1:6,746,554 | 8,075 |
| Malawi | 100% | 4 | 1:4,278,078 | 13,569 |
| Moldova | - | 4 | 1:890,285 | 4,314 |
| Panama | - | 4 | 1:976,639 | 21,104 |
| Saint Martin | - | 4 | 1:8,936 | 133 |
| Uganda | 100% | 4 | 1:10,239,230 | 65,177 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 3 | 1:1,589,316 | 14,648 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 3 | 1:17,596,106 | 69,562 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 2 | 1:921,573 | 3,058 |
| Argentina | 100% | 2 | 1:21,386,622 | 29,627 |
| Belarus | 100% | 2 | 1:4,741,192 | 16,466 |
| Belize | 100% | 2 | 1:177,154 | 5,935 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 2 | 1:1,762,229 | 6,852 |
| Burkina Faso | - | 2 | 1:9,189,734 | 69,235 |
| Colombia | - | 2 | 1:23,889,463 | 63,722 |
| Maldives | - | 2 | 1:216,952 | 3,781 |
| Slovenia | - | 2 | 1:1,229,379 | 6,326 |
| South Korea | - | 2 | 1:2,772,210 | 27,911 |
| Angola | - | 1 | 1:26,966,606 | 7,835 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1 | 1:159,461,366 | 36,167 |
| Bulgaria | - | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Cape Verde | - | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| Comoros | - | 1 | 1:761,339 | 901 |
| Croatia | - | 1 | 1:4,217,076 | 20,943 |
| Curaçao | - | 1 | 1:155,803 | 1,239 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 1 | 1:1,137,689 | 1,044 |
| Eritrea | 100% | 1 | 1:4,752,977 | 997 |
| Georgia | - | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Guatemala | - | 1 | 1:16,108,429 | 13,998 |
| Haiti | - | 1 | 1:10,726,953 | 41,696 |
| Hong Kong | - | 1 | 1:7,752,725 | 20,144 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Jamaica | - | 1 | 1:2,883,227 | 22,340 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Mali | - | 1 | 1:16,977,755 | 8,714 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Montenegro | - | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Nicaragua | - | 1 | 1:6,018,336 | 34,175 |
| Northern Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:318,133 | 3,044 |
| Portugal | - | 1 | 1:10,410,866 | 12,786 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1 | 1:3,550,301 | 10,040 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 1 | 1:177,815 | 8,104 |
| Senegal | - | 1 | 1:14,581,356 | 34,505 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| Somalia | - | 1 | 1:13,525,867 | 7,760 |
| Swaziland | - | 1 | 1:1,300,177 | 3,374 |
| Togo | - | 1 | 1:7,239,239 | 8,047 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | - | 1 | 1:1,361,419 | 34,512 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:109,747 | 4,493 |
| Uruguay | - | 1 | 1:3,427,637 | 13,958 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 1 | 1:15,423,817 | 113,731 |
The alternate forms: Youséf (1) are calculated separately.
Yousef (812,533) may also be a surname.
Yousef Forename Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The name Yousef means 'God shall add' or 'God will increase' in Arabic. It is the Arabic form of the name Joseph, a figure with significant biblical and Quranic importance. It comes from the Arabic root ي-س-ف (y-s-f), meaning 'to add' or 'to increase'. Variants of the name include alternate spellings such as Yousuf or Youssef, influenced by regional pronunciation differences.
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Yousef Demographics
Average Male Yousef Height
174.64 cm
Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 200 (2014)
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
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