Younis Surname
Approximately 556,124 people bear this surname
Younis Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 293,314 | 1:609 | 97 |
| Iraq | 46,122 | 1:759 | 115 |
| Egypt | 43,473 | 1:2,115 | 290 |
| Sudan | 35,280 | 1:1,063 | 145 |
| Syria | 31,984 | 1:603 | 79 |
| Libya | 23,417 | 1:267 | 36 |
| Lebanon | 21,559 | 1:261 | 17 |
| Jordan | 15,578 | 1:568 | 63 |
| Saudi Arabia | 8,348 | 1:3,696 | 496 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6,953 | 1:1,318 | 156 |
| Palestine | 5,453 | 1:834 | 106 |
| Afghanistan | 5,144 | 1:6,251 | 542 |
| India | 4,298 | 1:178,470 | 10,933 |
| Kuwait | 3,432 | 1:1,107 | 115 |
| England | 2,867 | 1:19,434 | 2,775 |
| Yemen | 1,400 | 1:18,875 | 2,025 |
| United States | 1,257 | 1:288,352 | 26,794 |
| Chad | 1,252 | 1:10,856 | 1,398 |
| Bahrain | 838 | 1:1,609 | 228 |
| Qatar | 833 | 1:2,831 | 263 |
| Oman | 736 | 1:5,011 | 716 |
| Somaliland | 547 | 1:6,399 | 474 |
| Somalia | 343 | 1:39,219 | 1,895 |
| Canada | 260 | 1:141,714 | 14,582 |
| Tunisia | 210 | 1:2,908 | 399 |
| Australia | 197 | 1:137,034 | 14,802 |
| Sweden | 133 | 1:74,036 | 5,554 |
| Scotland | 97 | 1:55,194 | 4,640 |
| Spain | 84 | 1:556,572 | 26,793 |
| Thailand | 59 | 1:1,197,260 | 174,557 |
| Norway | 56 | 1:91,827 | 12,640 |
| Netherlands | 54 | 1:312,725 | 36,782 |
| Germany | 50 | 1:1,610,109 | 95,088 |
| Brazil | 48 | 1:4,459,882 | 118,224 |
| Denmark | 41 | 1:137,676 | 12,271 |
| Wales | 26 | 1:119,020 | 9,008 |
| South Africa | 24 | 1:2,257,404 | 96,432 |
| Ireland | 21 | 1:224,235 | 8,707 |
| Malaysia | 21 | 1:1,404,487 | 59,312 |
| France | 20 | 1:3,321,136 | 213,627 |
| Liberia | 20 | 1:220,427 | 14,169 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 17 | 1:3,211 | 341 |
| Jamaica | 16 | 1:179,372 | 5,614 |
| Belgium | 15 | 1:766,443 | 63,354 |
| New Zealand | 14 | 1:323,452 | 26,435 |
| Venezuela | 14 | 1:2,157,434 | 25,468 |
| Croatia | 13 | 1:325,277 | 30,776 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Argentina | 11 | 1:3,885,765 | 145,016 |
| Czechia | 11 | 1:966,679 | 76,885 |
| Italy | 10 | 1:6,115,669 | 111,715 |
| Nigeria | 10 | 1:17,714,276 | 277,641 |
| Dominica | 9 | 1:8,432 | 394 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| China | 8 | 1:170,915,196 | 8,932 |
| Philippines | 7 | 1:14,462,603 | 238,248 |
| Russia | 7 | 1:20,589,008 | 462,339 |
| Senegal | 6 | 1:2,429,890 | 4,996 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 1:1,642,583 | 87,307 |
| Turkey | 5 | 1:15,564,284 | 149,633 |
| Belarus | 4 | 1:2,375,265 | 105,497 |
| Chile | 4 | 1:4,404,118 | 44,633 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Israel | 4 | 1:2,139,408 | 95,907 |
| Puerto Rico | 4 | 1:887,535 | 4,548 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
| Austria | 3 | 1:2,838,478 | 93,604 |
| Colombia | 3 | 1:15,924,691 | 28,711 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| Georgia | 2 | 1:1,872,772 | 35,618 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Hungary | 2 | 1:4,908,138 | 64,617 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,247,739 | 24,719 |
Younis (198,156) may also be a first name.
Younis Demographics
Average Male Younis Height
172.35 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Younis Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Younis Come From? nationality or country of origin
Younis (Arabic: اليونس, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻳﻮﻧﺲ, Hindi: यूनिस, Marathi: युनुस) is carried by more people in Pakistan than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Younis? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 956th most frequently held family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 13,104 people. The surname Younis is predominantly found in Asia, where 80 percent of Younis are found; 54 percent are found in South Asia and 54 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 5,276th most widely held first name throughout the world, borne by 198,156 people.
Younis is most prevalent in Pakistan, where it is carried by 293,314 people, or 1 in 609. In Pakistan it is most numerous in: Punjab, where 65 percent reside, Sindh, where 13 percent reside and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 11 percent reside. Aside from Pakistan Younis exists in 104 countries. It also occurs in Iraq, where 8 percent reside and Egypt, where 8 percent reside.
Younis Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Younis has changed over time. In Scotland the number of people who held the Younis last name increased 3,233 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Younis Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is primarily Shiite (41%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those holding the Younis last name are 6.22% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 59.45% being registered with the party.
The amount Younis earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 23.86% less than the national average, earning 263,496 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 28.2% less than the national average, earning R 170,628 per year; in United States they earn 4.52% more than the national average, earning $45,101 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.5% less than the national average, earning $46,456 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Younis Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Younis in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻳﻮﻧﺲ | ywns | - |
| Younis in the Hindi language | ||
| यूनिस | yunisa | 78.57 |
| युनिस | yunisa | 7.14 |
| यूनीस | yunisa | 7.14 |
| यूनिश | yunisa | 7.14 |
| Younis in the Marathi language | ||
| युनुस | yunusa | 41.67 |
| यौणीस | yaunisa | 33.33 |
| युनीस | yunisa | 8.33 |
| यूनूस | yunusa | 8.33 |
| युिनस | yuinasa | 8.33 |
| Younis in the Arabic language | ||
| اليونس | alywns | - |
| ليونس | lywns | - |
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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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- 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 Younis
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