Yesef Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ethiopia
Highest density in:
Sweden

Yesef Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yesef Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ethiopia91:10,838,47414,518
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Yesef (36) may also be a first name.

Yesef Last Name Facts

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

Yesef (Marathi: येसेफ) is borne by more people in Ethiopia than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Yesef? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,772,636th most widespread surname globally, borne by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. The last name Yesef occurs predominantly in Africa, where 76 percent of Yesef are found; 53 percent are found in East Africa and 53 percent are found in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 1,717,090th most widespread first name worldwide, borne by 36 people.

Yesef is most numerous in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 10,838,474. Aside from Ethiopia this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Egypt, where 24 percent live and India, where 12 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yessef91940/
Esef89140/
Yoessef833/
Yessief831/
Jesef8011/
Essef8010/
Eseff8010/
Aysef805/
Yeseb804/
Yesif803/
Eseef801/
Esepf801/
Yecef801/
Yesyf801/
Yoasef73153/
Esseff7380/
Yeseph7364/
Yessif7312/
Yeseab7310/
Ayasef737/
Gescef734/
Jeshef733/
Euseff732/
Yoysef732/
Yoisef732/
Jeseef731/
Giesef731/
Geshef731/
Yeshew731/
Heesef730/
Esev67516/
Youusef67215/
Gesheff6727/
Ezef677/
Gesseff675/
Ayeshev675/
Yoyssef672/
Yesheva672/
Esif672/
Ecef671/
Yoassef671/
Yessiff671/
Ayisefe671/
Esjf671/
Escheif671/
Jesheff671/
Jesheef671/
Esyf671/

Yesef Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Yesef in the Marathi language
येसेफyesepha-

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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 Yesef
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