Youssef Surname
Approximately 287,807 people bear this surname
Youssef Surname User-submission:
A masculine name, originally Hebrew, the name of the prophet of Bani Israel, Joseph peace be upon him, and he was Joseph, son of Jacob, son of Isaac son of Abraham peace be upon them. It means: God gives and doubles, God increases.
Youssef Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 223,468 | 1:411 | 40 |
| Saudi Arabia | 20,432 | 1:1,510 | 159 |
| Morocco | 16,052 | 1:2,148 | 154 |
| Libya | 5,535 | 1:1,128 | 293 |
| United States | 3,989 | 1:90,865 | 10,209 |
| Sudan | 3,360 | 1:11,164 | 1,574 |
| Iran | 1,873 | 1:40,994 | 4,755 |
| Canada | 1,434 | 1:25,694 | 3,454 |
| Mauritania | 1,076 | 1:3,806 | 460 |
| Kuwait | 1,070 | 1:3,552 | 476 |
| Sweden | 1,003 | 1:9,817 | 874 |
| United Arab Emirates | 872 | 1:10,507 | 1,314 |
| Australia | 822 | 1:32,841 | 4,339 |
| Qatar | 783 | 1:3,011 | 284 |
| France | 741 | 1:89,639 | 12,886 |
| Syria | 721 | 1:26,770 | 1,830 |
| England | 392 | 1:142,138 | 13,786 |
| Brazil | 365 | 1:586,505 | 21,876 |
| Ghana | 346 | 1:78,094 | 7,799 |
| Tunisia | 325 | 1:1,879 | 197 |
| Bahrain | 279 | 1:4,834 | 873 |
| Germany | 246 | 1:327,258 | 32,551 |
| Spain | 227 | 1:205,956 | 14,023 |
| Austria | 208 | 1:40,940 | 6,572 |
| Denmark | 203 | 1:27,806 | 2,876 |
| Venezuela | 199 | 1:151,779 | 4,650 |
| Oman | 171 | 1:21,567 | 1,924 |
| Niger | 161 | 1:119,205 | 4,670 |
| Netherlands | 151 | 1:111,836 | 17,874 |
| Belgium | 149 | 1:77,159 | 12,193 |
| Italy | 120 | 1:509,639 | 51,223 |
| Algeria | 94 | 1:410,974 | 34,699 |
| Greece | 71 | 1:156,053 | 25,589 |
| New Zealand | 66 | 1:68,611 | 10,369 |
| Switzerland | 66 | 1:124,438 | 12,477 |
| Iraq | 63 | 1:555,899 | 8,855 |
| Thailand | 48 | 1:1,471,632 | 200,579 |
| Argentina | 37 | 1:1,155,227 | 69,250 |
| Senegal | 34 | 1:428,804 | 1,999 |
| Ivory Coast | 29 | 1:795,560 | 21,349 |
| Romania | 28 | 1:717,067 | 48,956 |
| Russia | 25 | 1:5,764,922 | 242,644 |
| Norway | 24 | 1:214,262 | 24,079 |
| Turkey | 24 | 1:3,242,559 | 89,463 |
| Czechia | 22 | 1:483,340 | 51,393 |
| Mexico | 21 | 1:5,910,772 | 31,438 |
| Lebanon | 18 | 1:313,171 | 10,344 |
| Malaysia | 18 | 1:1,638,568 | 67,452 |
| South Africa | 18 | 1:3,009,872 | 112,058 |
| Singapore | 17 | 1:323,983 | 13,856 |
| Ireland | 16 | 1:294,309 | 10,207 |
| Angola | 16 | 1:1,686,826 | 3,823 |
| Ethiopia | 16 | 1:6,096,641 | 11,907 |
| Cameroon | 14 | 1:1,483,505 | 83,777 |
| Chile | 14 | 1:1,258,320 | 22,898 |
| Cyprus | 14 | 1:63,205 | 6,078 |
| Ecuador | 14 | 1:1,136,132 | 15,474 |
| Nigeria | 13 | 1:13,626,366 | 237,812 |
| Belarus | 12 | 1:791,755 | 62,255 |
| Finland | 12 | 1:458,058 | 28,977 |
| Poland | 10 | 1:3,800,875 | 132,137 |
| Wales | 10 | 1:309,453 | 16,869 |
| Iceland | 9 | 1:42,232 | 2,922 |
| Serbia | 9 | 1:793,883 | 26,061 |
| Colombia | 8 | 1:5,971,759 | 20,087 |
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| Scotland | 8 | 1:669,227 | 23,443 |
| China | 7 | 1:195,331,652 | 10,124 |
| Israel | 7 | 1:1,222,519 | 68,299 |
| Liberia | 6 | 1:734,756 | 29,369 |
| Paraguay | 6 | 1:1,206,124 | 10,500 |
| Philippines | 6 | 1:16,873,037 | 249,062 |
| Japan | 5 | 1:25,568,859 | 50,629 |
| Costa Rica | 4 | 1:1,195,017 | 6,919 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Mali | 4 | 1:4,242,259 | 2,433 |
| Saint Lucia | 4 | 1:44,695 | 2,207 |
| Samoa | 4 | 1:48,452 | 659 |
| Burkina Faso | 3 | 1:6,117,367 | 22,156 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 1:454,658 | 14,297 |
| Armenia | 2 | 1:1,465,090 | 16,492 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Hungary | 2 | 1:4,908,138 | 64,617 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Cape Verde | 1 | 1:529,642 | 6,792 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Kosovo | 1 | 1:1,861,869 | 14,990 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Northern Cyprus | 1 | 1:319,011 | 10,202 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
The alternate forms: Yousséf (1) are calculated separately.
Youssef (654,796) may also be a first name.
Youssef Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
A masculine name, originally Hebrew, the name of the prophet of Bani Israel, Joseph peace be upon him, and he was Joseph, son of Jacob, son of Isaac son of Abraham peace be upon them. It means: God gives and doubles, God increases.
- youssef7422Youssef Demographics
Average Youssef Salary in
United States
$49,301 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Youssef Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Youssef Come From? nationality or country of origin
Youssef (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻳﻮﺳﻒ) is more frequently found in Egypt than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Yousséf. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Youssef? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,908th most numerous surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 25,321 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 87 percent of Youssef live; 86 percent live in North Africa and 81 percent live in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 1,493rd most common first name internationally. It is borne by 654,796 people.
This last name is most widespread in Egypt, where it is carried by 223,468 people, or 1 in 411. Other than Egypt it is found in 118 countries. It is also common in Saudi Arabia, where 7 percent reside and Morocco, where 6 percent reside.
Youssef Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Youssef surname are 2.82% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 56.05% registered with the party.
The amount Youssef earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 74.82% less than the national average, earning €7,561 per year; in Norway they earn 5.85% less than the national average, earning 325,850 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 22.21% more than the national average, earning R 290,424 per year; in Colombia they earn 0.72% less than the national average, earning $22,539,100 COP per year; in United States they earn 14.26% more than the national average, earning $49,301 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.49% more than the national average, earning $51,915 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Youssef Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Youssef in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻳﻮﺳﻒ | ywsf | 99.68 |
| ﻳﻮﺳﻴﻒ | ywsyf | 0.16 |
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