Yasuf Surname

590,896th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 528 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Yasuf Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yasuf Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria3261:543,38326,582
India1691:4,538,848117,745
Indonesia101:13,224,919434,432
United States81:45,307,367917,113
Pakistan51:35,728,777102,388
England31:18,572,686338,250
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Guyana11:762,22114,420
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861

Yasuf (765) may also be a first name.

Yasuf Last Name Facts

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

The last name Yasuf (Hindi: यसुफ, Marathi: यसुफ, Oriya: ୟସୁଫ) is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Yasuf? popularity and diffusion

The last name Yasuf is the 590,896th most numerous family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 13,802,170 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 62 percent of Yasuf reside; 62 percent reside in West Africa and 62 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Yasuf is also the 296,849th most common first name worldwide, held by 765 people.

This surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 326 people, or 1 in 543,383. In Nigeria Yasuf is most common in: Sokoto, where 44 percent live, Jigawa, where 11 percent live and Adamawa, where 7 percent live. Excluding Nigeria it is found in 11 countries. It also occurs in India, where 32 percent live and Indonesia, where 2 percent live.

Yasuf Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Yasuf last name is predominantly Muslim (100%) in Nigeria.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yasouf9135/
Yasuff9127/
Yassuf913/
Yashuf912/
Yaasuf912/
Yasuif911/
Yasufh911/
Yasiuf911/
Yoasuf911/
Yassuff8332/
Yaousuf839/
Yassouf836/
Yosuf807,653/
Yasub8060/
Yasuv8033/
Iasuf806/
Jasuf802/
Easuf801/
Yoassouf771/
Yoosuf7314,613/
Yossuf73387/
Yasoof7331/
Yosuff7326/
Yosouf7324/
Jascuf7318/
Yasuph7318/
Yasubh7312/
Iascuf7312/
Yosusf7311/
Yoseuf7311/
Yasauv7310/
Yosuif739/
Yoysuf738/
Yosuuf735/
Yashuv735/
Yaasub735/
Yosufe735/
Jaisuf733/
Yoshuf732/
Jasauf731/
Yaseub731/
Yachuf731/
Yajouf731/
Yohsuf731/
Yosufz731/
Yasiuw731/
Yashub731/
Yoosuff671,002/
Yassoub6771/
Yossouf6720/
Yooshuf678/
Yiousuf675/
Yoousuf674/
Yoossuf673/
Yaasoub672/
Youusuf672/
Giasouf671/
Yashoub671/
Yosouff671/

Yasuf Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Yasuf in the Oriya language
ୟସୁଫyasupha-
Yasuf in the Marathi language
यसुफyasupha81.62
यसूफyasupha12.43
यसुफ़yasufa2.16
यासुफ़yasufa0.54
असुलasula0.54
यासूफ़yasufa0.54
Yasuf in the Hindi language
यसुफyasupha44.44
यासूफyasupha20.37
यसूफyasupha18.52
यासुफyasupha15.74

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Yasuf
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