Yossef Surname
Approximately 20,505 people bear this surname
Yossef Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 17,267 | 1:5,324 | 680 |
| Ethiopia | 2,093 | 1:46,606 | 5,024 |
| Saudi Arabia | 954 | 1:32,344 | 4,580 |
| United States | 60 | 1:6,040,982 | 292,121 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| Sweden | 14 | 1:703,340 | 52,204 |
| Brazil | 13 | 1:16,467,256 | 295,032 |
| United Arab Emirates | 10 | 1:916,227 | 36,116 |
| Thailand | 7 | 1:10,091,192 | 512,203 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| Lebanon | 5 | 1:1,127,417 | 17,983 |
| Denmark | 5 | 1:1,128,943 | 52,970 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Libya | 4 | 1:1,560,994 | 3,087 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Syria | 3 | 1:6,433,674 | 16,197 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
Yossef (17,404) may also be a first name.
Yossef Demographics
Average Yossef Salary in
United States
$54,398 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Yossef Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yossef Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yossef is more commonly found in Egypt than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Yossef? popularity and diffusion
The last name Yossef is the 26,240th most commonly used surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 355,403 people. Yossef occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of Yossef are found; 84 percent are found in North Africa and 84 percent are found in Arabic North Africa. Yossef is also the 41,825th most frequently occurring first name worldwide It is held by 17,404 people.
The surname is most frequent in Egypt, where it is carried by 17,267 people, or 1 in 5,324. Without taking into account Egypt this last name exists in 39 countries. It also occurs in Ethiopia, where 10 percent live and Saudi Arabia, where 5 percent live.
Yossef Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is principally Melkite Greek Catholic (100%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those holding the Yossef last name are 3.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 50% being registered with the political party.
The amount Yossef earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 26.07% more than the national average, earning $54,398 USD per year and in Canada they earn 17.06% less than the national average, earning $41,208 CAD per year.
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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
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