Yssef Surname

1,148,257th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 209 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Morocco
Highest density in:
Morocco

Yssef Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yssef Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Morocco2041:169,00029,345
England21:27,859,030389,889
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669

Yssef Last Name Facts

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

The last name Yssef is found most in Morocco. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Yssef? popularity and diffusion

The surname Yssef is the 1,148,257th most numerous surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 34,868,641 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Yssef are found; 98 percent are found in North Africa and 98 percent are found in Mahgreb.

The last name is most frequently held in Morocco, where it is borne by 204 people, or 1 in 169,000. Besides Morocco this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in England, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.

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Yossf80462/
Issef80141/
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Ysf75482/
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Yosefh7327/
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Yozsef735/
Yssaev733/
Yoysef732/
Yissif732/
Jssoef731/
Yosf671,524/
Esef67140/
Isef6748/
Issaeff6736/
Ysif6717/
Yosheff679/
Yosseph679/
Ysev676/
Gesseff675/
Aysf673/
Ytsf672/
Ysvf671/
Ysws671/
Yoyssif671/
Yshf671/
Yseb671/
Ysfe671/
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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 Yssef
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