Roussef Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Afghanistan
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Roussef Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Roussef Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Roussef Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Roussef Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Roussef (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻳﻮﺳﻒ) occurs most in Afghanistan. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Roussef.

How Common Is The Last Name Roussef? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 7,593,402nd most widely held family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 33 percent of Roussef reside; 17 percent reside in West Africa and 17 percent reside in Senegambia Africa.

The last name Roussef is most numerous in Afghanistan, where it is held by 1 people, or 1 in 32,153,183. In Afghanistan Roussef is most common in: Paktia, where 100 percent are found. Not including Afghanistan this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 17 percent are found and Greece, where 17 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rousseff9347/
Russef9214/
Rousef921/
Rossef921/
Roussev86169/
Russeff86113/
Rouseff8637/
Rosseff865/
Roussew861/
Russeft861/
Roussif861/
Rouseef861/
Rosseft860/
Rosef8349/
Rusef8319/
Rousseva8098/
Rousseuw803/
Rousseav802/
Rousseuv801/
Rousseaw801/
Russev77151/
Rassef77138/
Roseff77128/
Ruseff7733/
Russew7711/
Ruseft779/
Rousev777/
Rossev776/
Rossew774/
Russif774/
Rosseb773/
Rossif772/
Rousif771/
Rosefe771/
Rousew770/
Rossebø71246/
Rossiev71155/
Russeva71148/
Rosseev7194/
Russiff7124/
Rosseaw7110/
Russiev719/
Rustscheff718/
Rosseuw717/
Rouseva713/
Rhassef712/
Rosseva712/
Rosiefe711/
Rosseph711/
Roushif711/
Rousheb711/
Russeav711/
Rouseaw710/
Rusev6711,165/
Rosev6735/
Rusew6723/
Rasef6716/
Rosif6715/
Roucheff6710/
Roseb675/
Rusif673/
Rosew672/
Rausheef671/
Russioff671/
Rushshev671/
Rassedff671/
Ruseb671/

Roussef Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Roussef in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻳﻮﺳﻒywsf-

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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 Roussef
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