Yousafzai Surname

128,936th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,512 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Pakistan
Highest density in:
Afghanistan

Yousafzai Surname User-submission:

Alternate transcription of Pashto يوسفزی (see Yusufzai)

Yousafzai Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Pakistan1,5531:115,0313,458
Afghanistan1,0161:31,6471,322
Saudi Arabia4771:64,6879,689
United Arab Emirates1941:47,2284,774
England751:742,90741,196
United States691:5,253,028264,570
Qatar221:107,18211,536
Denmark201:282,23621,168
Australia141:1,928,26488,951
Sweden121:820,56361,223
Canada121:3,070,466169,836
Finland81:687,08836,047
Iran71:10,968,932186,522
Germany41:20,126,365436,245
Wales31:1,031,51134,732
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
China21:683,660,78330,601
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187

Yousafzai (169) may also be a first name.

Yousafzai Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Alternate transcription of Pashto يوسفزی (see Yusufzai)

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Yousafzai Last Name Facts

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

The last name Yousafzai is found most frequently in Pakistan. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Yousafzai? popularity and diffusion

The surname Yousafzai is the 128,936th most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 2,075,042 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 93 percent of Yousafzai live; 73 percent live in South Asia and 73 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 703,581st most numerous first name on earth, held by 169 people.

This last name is most commonly used in Pakistan, where it is held by 1,553 people, or 1 in 115,031. In Pakistan it is mostly found in: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 64 percent reside, Balochistan, where 20 percent reside and Sindh, where 8 percent reside. Beside Pakistan Yousafzai exists in 32 countries. It is also found in Afghanistan, where 29 percent reside and Saudi Arabia, where 14 percent reside.

Yousafzai Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Yousafzai surname are 13.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 60% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Yousafzai earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 39.25% more than the national average, earning $60,083 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.57% less than the national average, earning $44,431 CAD per year.

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