Yousif Surname

1,070th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 499,525 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sudan
Highest density in:
Sudan

Yousif Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yousif Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sudan397,0431:9411
Egypt22,4541:4,094549
Saudi Arabia21,2671:1,451146
Pakistan17,3201:10,314766
Bahrain8,2281:1649
Yemen6,6721:3,961591
Libya6,3861:978238
United States3,5061:103,38211,398
India3,4181:224,41913,258
Angola3,3521:8,0521,020
Iraq1,8081:19,3701,142
Ethiopia1,2881:75,7357,282
Canada9241:39,8764,977
Sweden8591:11,463996
Somalia7841:17,1581,068
United Arab Emirates7361:12,4491,545
England5261:105,92811,076
Australia5041:53,5636,606
Oman4841:7,6201,061
Kuwait4441:8,5601,174
Kenya3551:130,08410,701
Qatar2961:7,966873
Netherlands1331:126,97119,799
Germany1251:644,04450,561
New Zealand841:53,9098,584
Denmark691:81,8077,949
Malaysia431:685,91232,468
Norway431:119,58815,719
Brazil281:7,645,512174,288
Hungary261:377,54926,409
Jordan221:401,92912,166
Finland191:289,30021,660
Ireland181:261,6089,673
Belgium181:638,70256,744
Thailand181:3,924,352328,346
Wales171:182,03112,022
China151:91,154,7714,767
Syria141:1,378,6447,647
Austria141:608,24554,975
Spain131:3,596,31069,669
Scotland111:486,71119,179
Czechia101:1,063,34780,937
Sri Lanka91:2,312,0629,186
Israel61:1,426,27275,466
Russia61:24,020,509493,300
Poland61:6,334,792156,558
Philippines61:16,873,037249,062
Switzerland51:1,642,58387,307
Venezuela51:6,040,81547,898
France51:13,284,544357,392
Greece41:2,769,948101,568
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Morocco41:8,619,02573,251
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
Malta41:107,5681,849
Tunisia41:152,65617,743
Ukraine31:15,174,232372,501
Romania31:6,692,62378,504
Papua New Guinea31:2,717,906153,458
Niger31:6,397,33978,839
Belarus31:3,167,020121,664
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Lebanon21:2,818,54225,087
Algeria21:19,315,77697,017
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
South Sudan11:11,415,0763,182
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Togo11:7,247,76812,049
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Chad11:13,592,19913,092
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Sierra Leone11:7,089,6311,533
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Grenada11:108,5351,793
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Kosovo11:1,861,86914,990
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459

Yousif (402,246) may also be a first name.

Yousif Last Name Facts

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

The surname Yousif (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻳﻮﺳﻒ) is found in Sudan more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Yousif? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,070th most prevalent last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 14,589 people. The surname Yousif occurs mostly in Africa, where 86 percent of Yousif reside; 85 percent reside in North Africa and 85 percent reside in Arabic North Africa. Yousif is also the 2,566th most frequently occurring first name at a global level. It is borne by 402,246 people.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Sudan, where it is held by 397,043 people, or 1 in 94. Without taking into account Sudan Yousif is found in 96 countries. It is also common in Egypt, where 4 percent are found and Saudi Arabia, where 4 percent are found.

Yousif Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya and Maronite (50%) in Lebanon.

In The United States those holding the Yousif surname are 4.13% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 57.36% being registered with the political party.

The amount Yousif earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 23.32% less than the national average, earning 265,374 kr per year; in United States they earn 17.73% more than the national average, earning $50,801 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.8% less than the national average, earning $49,286 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Youssif9230,612/
Yousief921,509/
Youseif921,340/
Yousiff92133/
Yousaif92125/
Yousuif9233/
Yousife9221/
Yaousif9218/
Youshif922/
Yiousif921/
Yoyusif921/
Uyousif921/
Yousidf921/
Yousihf921/
Yhousif921/
Youusif921/
Yoousif921/
Yoiusif921/
Yusif91126,572/
Youssief86802/
Yousseif86777/
Youssife8610/
Youssiff864/
Yousiffe861/
Youussif861/
Yousef83812,533/
Yussif8337,955/
Yousib83150/
Yoosif8369/
Yausif8354/
Yusiff8344/
Yusuif8339/
Jousif8328/
Yousyf8312/
Yiusif8310/
Yusief834/
Yusaif834/
Yusife834/
Yaosif833/
Yusoif833/
Youcif832/
Yuseif832/
Yushif831/
Yougif831/
Yusifs831/
Hajyousif8014/
Yousifová809/
Youssef77287,807/
Youseef775,113/
Youseff77929/
Youusef77215/
Youseaf77123/
Yousiph7711/
Ioussif7710/
Yusseif7710/
Yousefe777/
Yaoosif776/
Yoousef775/
Yussife774/
Yoyusef774/
Yaousef773/
Youshef772/
Yussiff772/
Yousuyf772/
Giousif772/
Joussif772/
Yausief771/
Yussuif771/
Yusieff771/
Yousayf771/
Yousefı771/
Yousséf771/
Yausaif771/
Oyousef771/
Hyousef771/
Yusoiff771/
Jouseif771/
Yusef733,678/
Josif73440/
Yusyf7385/
Jusif7319/
Iusif7313/
Yusib736/
Yusiw736/
Yusiv732/
Yucif732/
Yusifova7123,864/
Yousseff71304/
Jousiffe7149/
Youssefs7139/
Yousseef7111/
Youssefe712/
Youssoyf712/
Yoyussef711/
Yousscef711/
Yousoujf711/
Youussef711/
Yooussef711/
Youcef6711,200/
Yussef672,083/
Jousef67350/
Yoosef67336/
Yuseef67156/
Yuseff67146/
Jussif6722/
Yusiev6714/
Jossif679/
Joshif679/
Hajyousef679/
Jouzif678/
Yausef677/
Josief677/
Jyusef676/
Yuseuf674/
Josiff674/
Yusiph673/
Yusuyf673/
Yiusef672/
Jausif672/
Yussyf672/
Youssouyf672/
Joesif671/
Youseb671/
Yousefová671/
Yousev671/
Yushef671/
Joseif671/
Jousifova671/
Josaif671/
Youssefss671/
Hyusef671/
Yhosef671/
Yougef671/
Yusuib671/
Yougib671/
Yo'uussef671/
Joszif671/

Yousif Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Yousif in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻳﻮﺳﻒywsf-

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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 Yousif
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis