Yessuf Surname

226,928th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,788 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ethiopia
Highest density in:
Ethiopia

Yessuf Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yessuf Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ethiopia1,7711:55,0805,737
Nigeria151:11,809,517219,567
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403

Yessuf (4,172) may also be a first name.

Yessuf Last Name Facts

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

Yessuf is more frequently found in Ethiopia than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Yessuf click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Yessuf? popularity and diffusion

Yessuf is the 226,928th most common surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 4,075,809 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Yessuf are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 107,487th most frequent first name in the world It is held by 4,172 people.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 1,771 people, or 1 in 55,080. Without taking into account Ethiopia this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 1 percent reside and The Ivory Coast, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yessouf9295/
Yessuff9214/
Yessufe922/
Yesuf9179,072/
Essuf9117/
Yesufe839,337/
Yesuff8349/
Yoesuf8312/
Eussuf839/
Essouf833/
Yesouf832/
Jessuf832/
Yeshuf832/
Yyssuf831/
Yessub831/
Esuf8081/
Yessouffe802/
Esshouf771/
Ayussuf771/
Esssouf771/
Jessuff771/
Eusuf733,610/
Eesuf739/
Esuff737/
Uysuf735/
Eshuf734/
Yesub733/
Yesuv733/
Jesuf732/
Iysuf731/
Yjsuf731/
Easuf731/
Iesuf731/
Giessauf7183/
Yessouph712/
Yoassouf711/
Yoyssouf711/
Jesshuff711/
Yesuph675,957/
Ayusuf6782/
Eusuff6721/
Ieshuf6717/
Jessub6717/
Yoysuf678/
Eshuif677/
Yuysuf675/
Eyusuf673/
Yoasuf671/
Youussouf671/
Oyuossouf671/
Essouw671/
Eshouf671/
Ayoussouf671/

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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 Yessuf
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