Youssoufa Surname
Approximately 42,590 people bear this surname
Youssoufa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 34,594 | 1:600 | 41 |
| Niger | 3,558 | 1:5,394 | 485 |
| Chad | 2,503 | 1:5,430 | 817 |
| Mali | 710 | 1:23,900 | 839 |
| France | 648 | 1:102,504 | 15,058 |
| Burkina Faso | 397 | 1:46,227 | 2,152 |
| Benin | 147 | 1:70,310 | 8,494 |
| Congo | 9 | 1:554,344 | 12,633 |
| Comoros | 9 | 1:83,280 | 279 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
Youssoufa (17,156) may also be a first name.
Youssoufa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Youssoufa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Youssoufa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻳﻮﺳﻔﺎ) is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Youssoufa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 13,159th most frequently used surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 171,109 people. The last name Youssoufa is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Youssoufa reside; 64 percent reside in West Africa and 31 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 42,279th most frequent first name worldwide. It is borne by 17,156 people.
The last name Youssoufa is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is carried by 34,594 people, or 1 in 600. In Cameroon Youssoufa is most frequent in: North Region, where 29 percent live, Far North Region, where 27 percent live and Adamawa Region, where 24 percent live. Outside of Cameroon this surname is found in 16 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 8 percent live and Chad, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Youssoufa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Youssoufa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻳﻮﺳﻔﺎ | ywsfa | 71.43 |
| ﻳﻮﺳﻒ | ywsf | 14.29 |
| ﻳﻮﺳﻔﻪ | ywsfh | 14.29 |
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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 Youssoufa
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