Wusuf Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Australia

Wusuf Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wusuf Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria41:44,285,690437,567
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Wusuf (7) may also be a first name.

Wusuf Last Name Facts

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

Wusuf is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wusuf? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 7,117,718th most commonly used family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 57 percent of Wusuf reside; 57 percent reside in West Africa and 57 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Wusuf is also the 4,548,448th most frequently held forename worldwide It is held by 7 people.

This surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 44,285,690. In Nigeria Wusuf is most frequent in: Bauchi, where 25 percent reside, Kwara, where 25 percent reside and Osun, where 25 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 14 percent reside and Canada, where 14 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wusuff911/
Wussuf911/
Wousuf911/
Busuf804/
Vusuf801/
Woussouf772/
Bussuf734/
Bushuf731/
Wussuw731/
Wucuff731/
Bousouf6739/
Wurzauf6717/
Wischuf6715/
Wossouf671/
Boussouf628,340/
Boussauf621/
Busub60109/
Busuw604/
Wujuw603/
Wusow602/
Vuzuf601/
Wussow551,436/
Busouw5546/
Vujčuf5513/
Wuszow5510/
Vujcuf556/
Bushuv552/
Busuph551/
Bouzouf50604/
Bousubh501/

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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 Wusuf
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