Yunusa Surname

2,440th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 226,114 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Yunusa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yunusa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria225,2201:78795
Cameroon2811:73,9119,200
DR Congo1641:450,48536,956
Saudi Arabia1591:194,06229,524
Tanzania931:569,26536,354
United States371:9,796,187405,931
Zimbabwe311:498,00841,116
India301:25,568,846339,406
England181:3,095,448105,421
Indonesia161:8,265,575327,276
Iceland91:42,2322,922
South Africa71:7,739,672177,858
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Niger31:6,397,33978,839
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines11:112,6591,704
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
France11:66,422,722504,397
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Eritrea11:4,751,901911
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Benin11:10,335,602103,742

Yunusa (166,877) may also be a first name.

Yunusa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Yunusa (Hindi: युनुसा, Marathi: युनुस, Oriya: ଯୁନୁସା, Russian: Юнуса) is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Yunusa? popularity and diffusion

Yunusa is the 2,440th most commonly held family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 32,230 people. Yunusa occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Yunusa live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 6,305th most commonly held first name internationally, held by 166,877 people.

The surname Yunusa is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 225,220 people, or 1 in 787. In Nigeria Yunusa is mostly concentrated in: Kano, where 17 percent are found, Bauchi, where 10 percent are found and Katsina, where 9 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria this surname is found in 40 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 0 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 0 percent are found.

Yunusa Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is primarily Muslim (95%) in Nigeria.

Yunusa earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 3.03% more than the national average, earning $44,458 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Yunusa Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Yunusa in the Oriya language
ଯୁନୁସାyunusa-
Yunusa in the Marathi language
युनुसyunusa72.73
युनूसyunusa11.36
युनुसाyunusa6.82
यूनूसyunusa6.82
युंनुसyunnusa2.27
Yunusa in the Hindi language
युनुसाyunusa37.5
युनूसाyunusa25
यूनुसाyunusa12.5
युनुसyunusa12.5
यूनूयyunuya12.5
Yunusa in the Russian language
Юнусаunusa-

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Footnotes

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