Youssef Forename
1,493rd
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 654,796 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Morocco
Highest density in:
Morocco
Youssef Forename User-submission:
Yusuf (Arabic: يوسف Yūsuf and Yūsif) is a male Arabic and Aramaic name, meaning 'God increases' (in piety, power and influence) in Hebrew. Its widely used by Persians and Arabs.
Pronunciation:
Arabic: [ˈjuːsʊf, ˈjuːsɪf], Egyptian Arabic: [ˈjuːsɪf].
Read More About This ForenameYoussef Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 100% | 418,400 | 1:82 | 6 |
| Egypt | 99% | 173,051 | 1:531 | 97 |
| Spain | 100% | 12,852 | 1:3,620 | 402 |
| Libya | - | 10,650 | 1:584 | 101 |
| France | 100% | 8,584 | 1:7,744 | 562 |
| Algeria | 100% | 4,151 | 1:9,197 | 807 |
| United States | 100% | 3,298 | 1:109,926 | 4,736 |
| Belgium | 100% | 2,814 | 1:4,083 | 681 |
| Qatar | 100% | 2,170 | 1:1,092 | 79 |
| Sudan | - | 1,785 | 1:21,180 | 2,091 |
| Canada | 100% | 1,666 | 1:19,888 | 1,808 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1,632 | 1:18,880 | 2,474 |
| Tunisia | 100% | 1,360 | 1:498 | 85 |
| Brazil | 100% | 1,080 | 1:198,367 | 8,889 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 998 | 1:16,936 | 1,739 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 993 | 1:7,202 | 822 |
| Mauritania | 100% | 982 | 1:4,170 | 435 |
| Kuwait | - | 855 | 1:4,427 | 582 |
| Germany | 100% | 748 | 1:129,248 | 2,440 |
| Sweden | 100% | 672 | 1:14,670 | 1,139 |
| England | 80% | 609 | 1:91,302 | 3,563 |
| Oman | 100% | 531 | 1:7,738 | 982 |
| Bahrain | - | 340 | 1:3,967 | 635 |
| Ghana | - | 337 | 1:80,078 | 3,677 |
| Togo | - | 330 | 1:21,937 | 3,753 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 311 | 1:97,112 | 4,472 |
| Italy | 100% | 276 | 1:221,239 | 3,055 |
| Mali | 100% | 276 | 1:61,514 | 3,059 |
| Thailand | 100% | 263 | 1:266,410 | 15,755 |
| Australia | - | 211 | 1:64,728 | 2,797 |
| Denmark | - | 188 | 1:30,051 | 1,445 |
| Poland | - | 188 | 1:202,272 | 3,614 |
| Syria | - | 185 | 1:104,357 | 1,922 |
| Ivory Coast | 97% | 181 | 1:127,491 | 7,265 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 168 | 1:48,890 | 2,183 |
| Gabon | - | 160 | 1:11,771 | 1,796 |
| Niger | 96% | 92 | 1:208,522 | 5,811 |
| Portugal | - | 83 | 1:125,432 | 3,169 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 82 | 1:224,140 | 9,686 |
| Greece | 100% | 78 | 1:140,187 | 3,329 |
| Austria | 100% | 75 | 1:113,523 | 2,244 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 74 | 1:140,963 | 6,526 |
| Mexico | 100% | 72 | 1:1,724,228 | 10,921 |
| Senegal | 100% | 72 | 1:202,519 | 4,098 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 55 | 1:1,342,320 | 36,691 |
| Norway | 100% | 51 | 1:100,634 | 3,259 |
| Russia | 100% | 47 | 1:3,068,802 | 17,759 |
| Iraq | 100% | 43 | 1:814,369 | 7,317 |
| Malaysia | 98% | 42 | 1:724,999 | 28,233 |
| Iran | 100% | 40 | 1:1,962,422 | 12,233 |
| Lebanon | - | 34 | 1:165,517 | 3,965 |
| Finland | 93% | 33 | 1:166,157 | 3,083 |
| China | - | 28 | 1:48,787,706 | 62,196 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 24 | 1:7,398,515 | 98,458 |
| South Africa | 100% | 24 | 1:2,272,194 | 64,564 |
| Czechia | 100% | 21 | 1:507,436 | 2,515 |
| Scotland | 67% | 21 | 1:254,779 | 4,121 |
| Argentina | 93% | 20 | 1:2,138,662 | 7,817 |
| Israel | - | 19 | 1:442,259 | 9,252 |
| Philippines | 94% | 18 | 1:5,889,415 | 97,289 |
| Indonesia | - | 17 | 1:15,174,333 | 422,648 |
| Jordan | - | 17 | 1:519,222 | 3,906 |
| Malta | - | 17 | 1:25,256 | 1,655 |
| Panama | 100% | 17 | 1:229,797 | 8,406 |
| Ecuador | - | 16 | 1:1,107,932 | 8,230 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 16 | 1:35,253 | 1,637 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 16 | 1:452,300 | 4,719 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 13 | 1:20,782 | 1,589 |
| Estonia | 100% | 11 | 1:119,580 | 4,476 |
| Monaco | 100% | 11 | 1:3,497 | 622 |
| Benin | 100% | 10 | 1:1,057,584 | 26,153 |
| Chile | 100% | 9 | 1:1,956,356 | 13,525 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 9 | 1:96,786 | 2,691 |
| Gambia | - | 9 | 1:214,066 | 587 |
| Ukraine | - | 9 | 1:5,055,545 | 8,900 |
| Hungary | 100% | 8 | 1:1,223,971 | 3,159 |
| Japan | - | 8 | 1:15,998,257 | 41,670 |
| Turkey | 100% | 8 | 1:9,725,214 | 31,896 |
| Guinea | 100% | 7 | 1:1,694,092 | 4,404 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 7 | 1:3,395,669 | 64,613 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 5 | 1:4,322,101 | 63,776 |
| Curaçao | - | 5 | 1:31,161 | 859 |
| Singapore | - | 5 | 1:1,257,411 | 16,611 |
| Wales | 100% | 5 | 1:618,862 | 7,373 |
| Angola | - | 4 | 1:6,741,652 | 4,704 |
| Chad | 100% | 4 | 1:3,399,600 | 8,891 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 4 | 1:284,422 | 684 |
| Peru | 100% | 4 | 1:7,947,864 | 48,688 |
| Belarus | 100% | 3 | 1:3,160,795 | 12,102 |
| Hong Kong | - | 3 | 1:2,584,242 | 11,307 |
| India | 100% | 3 | 1:404,959,324 | 3,244,417 |
| Macau | - | 3 | 1:202,736 | 1,370 |
| New Zealand | - | 3 | 1:1,512,015 | 11,267 |
| Uganda | 100% | 3 | 1:13,652,307 | 74,436 |
| Albania | 100% | 2 | 1:1,523,285 | 33,816 |
| Congo | - | 2 | 1:2,504,602 | 31,783 |
| Guatemala | - | 2 | 1:8,054,214 | 10,362 |
| Honduras | - | 2 | 1:4,408,734 | 23,808 |
| Iceland | - | 2 | 1:183,008 | 5,215 |
| Mauritius | - | 2 | 1:648,892 | 8,630 |
| Namibia | - | 2 | 1:1,202,090 | 12,702 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 2 | 1:97,178,840 | 228,758 |
| Romania | - | 2 | 1:10,025,988 | 47,037 |
| South Korea | - | 2 | 1:2,772,210 | 27,911 |
| Vietnam | - | 2 | 1:46,311,556 | 7,272 |
| Yemen | - | 2 | 1:13,148,376 | 10,677 |
| Zambia | - | 2 | 1:7,927,397 | 45,785 |
| Ireland | - | 1 | 1:4,643,519 | 13,375 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 1 | 1:1,843,146 | 3,737 |
| Afghanistan | - | 1 | 1:32,623,516 | 66,536 |
| Aruba | - | 1 | 1:103,780 | 2,838 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1 | 1:159,461,366 | 36,167 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| Botswana | - | 1 | 1:2,184,449 | 21,741 |
| Bulgaria | - | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Burundi | - | 1 | 1:9,906,559 | 2,558 |
| Colombia | 100% | 1 | 1:47,778,926 | 95,497 |
| Comoros | - | 1 | 1:761,339 | 901 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 1 | 1:4,767,948 | 27,206 |
| Croatia | - | 1 | 1:4,217,076 | 20,943 |
| Cuba | - | 1 | 1:11,506,552 | 13,531 |
| Djibouti | - | 1 | 1:915,664 | 2,132 |
| Ethiopia | - | 1 | 1:97,560,133 | 29,608 |
| French Polynesia | - | 1 | 1:277,902 | 3,605 |
| Gibraltar | - | 1 | 1:34,138 | 985 |
| Grenada | 100% | 1 | 1:108,125 | 4,208 |
| Guinea-Bissau | - | 1 | 1:1,728,218 | 422 |
| Kazakhstan | - | 1 | 1:17,746,845 | 44,366 |
| Kenya | - | 1 | 1:46,307,110 | 74,921 |
| Kosovo | - | 1 | 1:1,861,440 | 22,170 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Lesotho | - | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Liberia | 100% | 1 | 1:4,412,061 | 36,340 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 1 | 1:37,856 | 1,091 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Mozambique | - | 1 | 1:27,243,357 | 5,091 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 1 | 1:6,018,336 | 34,175 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1 | 1:3,550,301 | 10,040 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 1 | 1:177,815 | 8,104 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 1 | 1:191,997 | 5,295 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| Swaziland | - | 1 | 1:1,300,177 | 3,374 |
| Turkmenistan | - | 1 | 1:5,472,870 | 3,925 |
The alternate forms: Yoùssef (4), Yousséf (1) & Yoüssef (1) are calculated separately.
Youssef (287,807) may also be a surname.
Youssef Forename Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Yusuf (Arabic: يوسف Yūsuf and Yūsif) is a male Arabic and Aramaic name, meaning 'God increases' (in piety, power and influence) in Hebrew. Its widely used by Persians and Arabs.
Pronunciation:
Arabic: [ˈjuːsʊf, ˈjuːsɪf], Egyptian Arabic: [ˈjuːsɪf].
It is the Arabic equivalent of the Hebrew name Yosef and the English name Joseph. Yesuf is a cognate Ethiopian name, derived from the Hebrew and Arabic origin.
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