Yusuf Forename
344th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 1,851,562 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Northern Cyprus
Yusuf 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.
It is the Arabic equivalent of the Hebrew name Yosef and the English name Joseph.
Read More About This ForenameYusuf Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 100% | 829,523 | 1:214 | 21 |
| Turkey | 100% | 398,330 | 1:195 | 19 |
| Indonesia | 99% | 185,701 | 1:1,389 | 110 |
| India | 100% | 104,379 | 1:11,639 | 1,592 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 51,438 | 1:1,897 | 342 |
| Somalia | - | 46,074 | 1:294 | 50 |
| Kenya | 86% | 28,715 | 1:1,613 | 305 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 25,294 | 1:6,304 | 840 |
| Uganda | 97% | 24,339 | 1:1,683 | 263 |
| Afghanistan | 99% | 20,834 | 1:1,566 | 289 |
| Sudan | 100% | 17,650 | 1:2,142 | 395 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 9,837 | 1:721 | 169 |
| South Africa | 100% | 9,290 | 1:5,870 | 1,102 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 8,742 | 1:3,525 | 580 |
| Malawi | 100% | 7,996 | 1:2,140 | 410 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 6,557 | 1:1,277 | 248 |
| Egypt | 97% | 6,528 | 1:14,078 | 1,220 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 4,639 | 1:6,636 | 1,046 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 4,593 | 1:11,493 | 1,415 |
| Germany | 100% | 4,440 | 1:21,774 | 963 |
| England | 100% | 4,372 | 1:12,718 | 939 |
| Malaysia | 98% | 4,139 | 1:7,357 | 857 |
| United States | 100% | 3,904 | 1:92,863 | 4,220 |
| Russia | 100% | 3,689 | 1:39,098 | 913 |
| Libya | - | 3,121 | 1:1,993 | 372 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 2,746 | 1:4,206 | 526 |
| Ghana | 67% | 2,641 | 1:10,218 | 989 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 2,285 | 1:3,059 | 464 |
| Rwanda | - | 1,934 | 1:5,880 | 1,009 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1,931 | 1:10,771 | 1,590 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 1,813 | 1:3,945 | 454 |
| Bahrain | - | 1,805 | 1:747 | 121 |
| Northern Cyprus | 100% | 1,734 | 1:183 | 21 |
| Oman | - | 1,394 | 1:2,947 | 419 |
| Gambia | - | 1,384 | 1:1,392 | 243 |
| Poland | 100% | 1,367 | 1:27,818 | 906 |
| Morocco | - | 1,228 | 1:27,971 | 1,510 |
| France | 100% | 1,140 | 1:58,307 | 1,655 |
| Kazakhstan | 97% | 974 | 1:18,221 | 1,209 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 944 | 1:17,905 | 1,800 |
| Canada | 100% | 859 | 1:38,572 | 2,793 |
| Sweden | 100% | 852 | 1:11,570 | 979 |
| Belgium | 100% | 847 | 1:13,566 | 1,254 |
| Austria | 100% | 843 | 1:10,100 | 632 |
| Kuwait | - | 750 | 1:5,047 | 660 |
| Djibouti | - | 565 | 1:1,621 | 273 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 559 | 1:10,686 | 1,547 |
| Pakistan | 81% | 525 | 1:370,205 | 9,757 |
| Thailand | 100% | 521 | 1:134,483 | 10,223 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 425 | 1:173,712 | 7,979 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 355 | 1:3,656 | 633 |
| Denmark | - | 344 | 1:16,423 | 1,071 |
| Somaliland | - | 334 | 1:10,484 | 683 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 321 | 1:25,587 | 1,594 |
| Qatar | 100% | 302 | 1:7,846 | 1,273 |
| Australia | - | 213 | 1:64,120 | 2,771 |
| Philippines | 100% | 213 | 1:497,697 | 16,669 |
| Liberia | 100% | 202 | 1:21,842 | 1,488 |
| Norway | 100% | 200 | 1:25,662 | 1,399 |
| Azerbaijan | 97% | 198 | 1:48,702 | 3,058 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 187 | 1:82,480 | 6,296 |
| Israel | 100% | 184 | 1:45,668 | 2,954 |
| Spain | 100% | 182 | 1:255,659 | 4,615 |
| Turkmenistan | 90% | 167 | 1:32,772 | 645 |
| Ukraine | 98% | 152 | 1:299,342 | 1,636 |
| Iraq | - | 145 | 1:241,502 | 3,830 |
| Zambia | - | 138 | 1:114,890 | 5,087 |
| Finland | 75% | 94 | 1:58,332 | 1,841 |
| New Zealand | - | 91 | 1:49,847 | 2,713 |
| China | - | 83 | 1:16,458,503 | 60,121 |
| Guyana | 100% | 80 | 1:9,541 | 1,444 |
| Brazil | 100% | 77 | 1:2,782,288 | 52,709 |
| Barbados | - | 68 | 1:4,262 | 698 |
| Scotland | 100% | 65 | 1:82,313 | 2,093 |
| Botswana | 100% | 63 | 1:34,674 | 3,690 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 63 | 1:21,610 | 2,489 |
| Wales | 100% | 57 | 1:54,286 | 1,798 |
| Mozambique | - | 49 | 1:555,987 | 1,346 |
| Singapore | 100% | 44 | 1:142,888 | 7,923 |
| Greece | 100% | 43 | 1:254,292 | 4,640 |
| Japan | - | 41 | 1:3,121,611 | 23,282 |
| Kosovo | - | 37 | 1:50,309 | 3,771 |
| Ireland | 100% | 32 | 1:145,110 | 3,095 |
| Brunei | 100% | 27 | 1:15,540 | 979 |
| Panama | 100% | 26 | 1:150,252 | 6,399 |
| Angola | - | 25 | 1:1,078,664 | 2,481 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 25 | 1:864,420 | 23,819 |
| Eritrea | 100% | 25 | 1:190,119 | 176 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 25 | 1:950,787 | 37,589 |
| Syria | - | 22 | 1:877,549 | 3,098 |
| Italy | 100% | 21 | 1:2,907,719 | 17,790 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 20 | 1:43,554 | 2,074 |
| Belarus | 100% | 14 | 1:677,313 | 4,005 |
| Czechia | 67% | 14 | 1:761,154 | 3,032 |
| Estonia | - | 14 | 1:93,956 | 4,008 |
| Jordan | - | 14 | 1:630,484 | 4,306 |
| Maldives | 100% | 14 | 1:30,993 | 1,167 |
| Tunisia | - | 14 | 1:48,350 | 2,519 |
| Iran | 100% | 12 | 1:6,541,406 | 22,263 |
| Algeria | 100% | 11 | 1:3,470,611 | 8,195 |
| Hong Kong | - | 11 | 1:704,793 | 4,980 |
| Ivory Coast | - | 10 | 1:2,307,593 | 50,152 |
| South Korea | - | 10 | 1:554,442 | 13,303 |
| Benin | 100% | 9 | 1:1,175,094 | 27,937 |
| Georgia | 100% | 9 | 1:415,385 | 8,265 |
| Mali | - | 9 | 1:1,886,417 | 3,997 |
| Mexico | 100% | 8 | 1:15,518,053 | 39,880 |
| Grenada | 100% | 7 | 1:15,446 | 1,649 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 7 | 1:291,428 | 17,845 |
| North Macedonia | - | 7 | 1:298,680 | 7,602 |
| Armenia | 100% | 6 | 1:486,459 | 5,701 |
| Namibia | - | 6 | 1:400,696 | 5,862 |
| Belize | 100% | 5 | 1:70,862 | 4,575 |
| Peru | 75% | 5 | 1:6,358,291 | 42,272 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 5 | 1:491,752 | 5,628 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 5 | 1:6,040,379 | 77,223 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 4 | 1:881,114 | 5,655 |
| Chad | - | 4 | 1:3,399,600 | 8,891 |
| Chile | 100% | 4 | 1:4,401,802 | 21,957 |
| Ecuador | - | 4 | 1:4,431,730 | 16,276 |
| Hungary | 100% | 4 | 1:2,447,943 | 4,263 |
| Luxembourg | - | 4 | 1:141,012 | 2,772 |
| Moldova | - | 4 | 1:890,285 | 4,314 |
| Niger | 100% | 4 | 1:4,795,998 | 43,246 |
| Romania | - | 4 | 1:5,012,994 | 31,756 |
| Serbia | - | 4 | 1:1,786,430 | 6,903 |
| Seychelles | - | 4 | 1:23,168 | 1,192 |
| Suriname | 100% | 4 | 1:138,203 | 2,927 |
| Togo | - | 4 | 1:1,809,810 | 5,654 |
| Monaco | - | 3 | 1:12,822 | 1,634 |
| Nepal | - | 3 | 1:9,495,784 | 71,056 |
| Papua New Guinea | 100% | 3 | 1:2,717,438 | 132,395 |
| Yemen | - | 3 | 1:8,765,584 | 9,038 |
| Bolivia | - | 2 | 1:5,300,702 | 6,605 |
| Jamaica | - | 2 | 1:1,441,614 | 15,741 |
| Mauritania | - | 2 | 1:2,047,620 | 19,390 |
| Slovakia | - | 2 | 1:2,655,032 | 6,915 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 1 | 1:1,843,146 | 3,737 |
| Abkhazia | 100% | 1 | 1:243,422 | 3,525 |
| Albania | 100% | 1 | 1:3,046,570 | 49,159 |
| Anguilla | - | 1 | 1:13,255 | 1,687 |
| Argentina | - | 1 | 1:42,773,243 | 43,333 |
| Bahamas | - | 1 | 1:399,370 | 4,606 |
| Bermuda | - | 1 | 1:64,826 | 2,481 |
| Burkina Faso | - | 1 | 1:18,379,469 | 100,219 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 1 | 1:61,299 | 2,487 |
| Colombia | - | 1 | 1:47,778,926 | 95,497 |
| Comoros | - | 1 | 1:761,339 | 901 |
| Congo | 100% | 1 | 1:5,009,205 | 37,978 |
| 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 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 1 | 1:10,431,270 | 30,761 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 1 | 1:1,137,689 | 1,044 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 1 | 1:3,142 | 392 |
| Fiji | - | 1 | 1:892,378 | 3,968 |
| Gabon | - | 1 | 1:1,883,336 | 4,538 |
| Guinea-Bissau | - | 1 | 1:1,728,218 | 422 |
| Honduras | - | 1 | 1:8,817,467 | 33,018 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Lebanon | - | 1 | 1:5,627,571 | 19,299 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Malta | - | 1 | 1:429,360 | 3,141 |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | 1:51,948,273 | 3,226 |
| Portugal | - | 1 | 1:10,410,866 | 12,786 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1 | 1:3,550,301 | 10,040 |
| Senegal | - | 1 | 1:14,581,356 | 34,505 |
| Tonga | - | 1 | 1:107,436 | 779 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:109,747 | 4,493 |
The alternate forms: Yüsuf (2) & Yüsüf (6) are calculated separately.
Yusuf (1,801,864) may also be a surname.
Yusuf 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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Yusuf Demographics
Average Male Yusuf Height
173.02 cm
Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 421 (2014)
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Phonetically Similar Names
Yusuf Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yusuf in the Russian language | ||
| Юсуф | usuf | - |
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