Tusuf Surname
Approximately 39 people bear this surname
Tusuf Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 27 | 1:6,560,843 | 154,927 |
| Malaysia | 7 | 1:4,213,461 | 150,293 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
Tusuf (123) may also be a first name.
Tusuf Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tusuf Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tusuf occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tusuf? popularity and diffusion
Tusuf is the 3,141,416th most numerous last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 186,860,152 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 69 percent of Tusuf are found; 69 percent are found in West Africa and 69 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 840,349th most commonly occurring first name internationally, borne by 123 people.
The surname Tusuf is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 27 people, or 1 in 6,560,843. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Yobe, where 19 percent are found, Zamfara, where 19 percent are found and Lagos, where 15 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria Tusuf occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 18 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 13 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 Tusuf
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