Yoosu Surname
Approximately 863 people bear this surname
Yoosu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 854 | 1:207,427 | 12,361 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
Yoosu (92) may also be a first name.
Yoosu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yoosu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yoosu (Hindi: यूसु) is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Yoosu? popularity and diffusion
The last name Yoosu is the 405,848th most widely held family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 8,444,433 people. The surname Yoosu occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Yoosu reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 992,070th most frequently held first name world-wide It is held by 92 people.
The surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 854 people, or 1 in 207,427. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Benue, where 93 percent live, Kano, where 2 percent live and Federal Capital Territory, where 1 percent live. Barring Nigeria this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in India, where 0 percent live and South Africa, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yoosu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yoosu in the Hindi language | ||
| यूसु | yusu | - |
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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 Yoosu
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