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 more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Youssoufa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Youssoufa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Youssoufa is the 13,159th most commonly occurring surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 171,109 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Youssoufa are found; 64 percent are found in West Africa and 31 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 42,279th most frequently used given name world-wide. It is borne by 17,156 people.
The last name is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 34,594 people, or 1 in 600. In Cameroon Youssoufa is most numerous in: North Region, where 29 percent reside, Far North Region, where 27 percent reside and Adamawa Region, where 24 percent reside. Excluding Cameroon this last name occurs in 16 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 8 percent reside and Chad, where 6 percent reside.
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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