Yozef Surname

2,293,424th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 69 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Israel

Yozef Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yozef Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia331:4,367,365205,470
Indonesia181:7,347,177303,310
Ukraine91:5,058,077228,455
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
England11:55,718,059489,080
Tajikistan11:8,386,69212,859
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Yozef (480) may also be a first name.

Yozef Last Name Facts

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

Yozef (Russian: Йозеф) is found in Russia more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Yozef? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,293,424th most widely held family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 105,616,607 people. Yozef occurs mostly in Asia, where 57 percent of Yozef reside; 36 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 35 percent reside in East Slavic Europe. It is also the 388,155th most prevalent first name at a global level It is held by 480 people.

It is most commonly held in Russia, where it is carried by 33 people, or 1 in 4,367,365. In Russia Yozef is mostly found in: Primorsky Krai, where 39 percent are found, Moscow, where 30 percent are found and Novosibirsk Oblast, where 9 percent are found. Excluding Russia Yozef occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 26 percent are found and Ukraine, where 13 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yozsef915/
Yosef80101,908/
Jozef80806/
Iozef8014/
Yozyf807/
Yozev807/
Yazef801/
Yocef801/
Yossef7320,505/
Yosefe736,796/
Yoseef731,847/
Yoseif73429/
Yoosef73336/
Jozsef73315/
Yoseff73251/
Yosief73210/
Yoasef73153/
Yosefs7397/
Iozsef7362/
Yosefh7327/
Yoshef7324/
Joszef7317/
Yoseuf7311/
Yozhev735/
Yozeva734/
Yazeff734/
Jouzef733/
Jozefs732/
Yoysef732/
Yoziev731/
Jozeff731/
Jozzef731/
Yhosef731/
Jozehf731/
Yohsef731/
Yazeef731/
Youusef67215/
Ysef67122/
Yorzhev6731/
Yosseif6719/
Geozeff6717/
Yosheff679/
Yosseef679/
Ezef677/
Yossief676/
Yotseff676/
Yoossef675/
Yoousef675/
Yoyssef672/
Yoassef671/
Yossefe671/
Yozheva671/
Yoosepf671/
Jozseff671/
Yioucef671/

Yozef Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Yozef in the Russian language
Йозефjozef-

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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
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  • 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 Yozef
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