Youef Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Kuwait

Youef Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Youef Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt91:10,215,08448,153
England11:55,718,059489,080
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Youef Last Name Facts

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

Youef is found in Egypt more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Youef? popularity and diffusion

The surname Youef is the 5,391,485th most commonly used family name globally It is held by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 69 percent of Youef reside; 69 percent reside in North Africa and 69 percent reside in Arabic North Africa.

The last name is most numerous in Egypt, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 10,215,084. Aside from Egypt Youef is found in 4 countries. It is also common in England, where 8 percent are found and India, where 8 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Youesf91193/
Yosuef914/
Youeef911/
Youessf83153/
Youesff831/
Youuf8015/
Youif8012/
Yoyef802/
Yaouf801/
Yoouf801/
Youusf7350/
Yoveff7317/
Youisf7317/
Yosuif739/
Yaousf739/
Yoousf734/
Yoausf732/
Youife731/
Yajouf731/
Youjaf731/
Jouf67520/
Joef6717/
Yoshuev6711/
Yoçuyev676/
Yejf672/
Yeaf672/
Iyef672/
Youhaew671/

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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 Youef
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