Youssou Surname
Approximately 1,501 people bear this surname
Youssou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 1,431 | 1:13,412 | 934 |
| Cameroon | 50 | 1:415,381 | 35,427 |
| Benin | 7 | 1:1,476,515 | 57,381 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Northern Cyprus | 1 | 1:319,011 | 10,202 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Youssou (11,638) may also be a first name.
Youssou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Youssou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Youssou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻳﻮﺳﻮ) occurs most in Niger. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Youssou.
How Common Is The Last Name Youssou? popularity and diffusion
Youssou is the 261,481st most widely held last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 4,855,127 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Youssou live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 55,323rd most frequently held given name in the world, borne by 11,638 people.
This last name is most frequent in Niger, where it is borne by 1,431 people, or 1 in 13,412. In Niger it is primarily concentrated in: Tillabéri Region, where 88 percent live, Niamey Capital District, where 5 percent live and Tahoua Region, where 2 percent live. Beside Niger this last name is found in 9 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 3 percent live and Benin, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Youssou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Youssou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻳﻮﺳﻮ | ywsw | 50 |
| ﻳﻮﺳﻒ | ywsf | 50 |
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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 Youssou
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