Iyusuf Surname
Approximately 20 people bear this surname
Iyusuf Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 18 | 1:9,841,264 | 197,192 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Iyusuf (15) may also be a first name.
Iyusuf Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Iyusuf Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Iyusuf is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Iyusuf? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,427,875th most common family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Iyusuf are found; 95 percent are found in West Africa and 95 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most frequent given name on earth, held by 15 people.
The surname Iyusuf is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 18 people, or 1 in 9,841,264. In Nigeria it is most common in: Kano, where 78 percent are found, Lagos, where 11 percent are found and Kwara, where 6 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in India, where 5 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, where 5 percent are found.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Iyusuf
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