Yusif Surname
Approximately 126,572 people bear this surname
Yusif Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 114,965 | 1:1,541 | 201 |
| Sudan | 6,160 | 1:6,089 | 887 |
| Ghana | 3,394 | 1:7,961 | 1,074 |
| Egypt | 824 | 1:111,573 | 9,244 |
| Saudi Arabia | 477 | 1:64,687 | 9,689 |
| Pakistan | 278 | 1:642,604 | 9,994 |
| Azerbaijan | 127 | 1:75,977 | 2,942 |
| Puerto Rico | 52 | 1:68,272 | 1,339 |
| United States | 50 | 1:7,249,179 | 331,838 |
| India | 36 | 1:21,307,372 | 304,812 |
| Argentina | 22 | 1:1,942,882 | 97,983 |
| Iraq | 21 | 1:1,667,698 | 16,789 |
| Sweden | 20 | 1:492,338 | 35,486 |
| Russia | 19 | 1:7,585,424 | 283,555 |
| Malaysia | 19 | 1:1,552,328 | 64,490 |
| England | 18 | 1:3,095,448 | 105,421 |
| Somalia | 9 | 1:1,494,673 | 3,608 |
| Germany | 9 | 1:8,945,051 | 266,530 |
| Indonesia | 8 | 1:16,531,149 | 488,268 |
| Brazil | 6 | 1:35,679,055 | 486,536 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Bahrain | 4 | 1:337,152 | 6,054 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Jordan | 3 | 1:2,947,479 | 21,051 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| Georgia | 2 | 1:1,872,772 | 35,618 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Syria | 2 | 1:9,650,511 | 17,817 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
Yusif (140,343) may also be a first name.
Yusif Demographics
Yusif Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Yusif Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yusif Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yusif (Hindi: यूसिफ, Marathi: युसीफ, Russian: Юсиф) is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Yusif click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yusif? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,444th most frequent family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 57,576 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Yusif live; 94 percent live in West Africa and 94 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Yusif is also the 7,454th most widely held given name throughout the world, borne by 140,343 people.
It is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 114,965 people, or 1 in 1,541. In Nigeria it is most common in: Kano, where 47 percent reside, Jigawa, where 25 percent reside and Katsina, where 18 percent reside. Other than Nigeria Yusif exists in 53 countries. It also occurs in Sudan, where 5 percent reside and Ghana, where 3 percent reside.
Yusif Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Yusif last name is primarily Muslim (100%) in Russia and Muslim (97%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those bearing the Yusif surname are 6.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 60% being registered with the political party.
The amount Yusif earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 4.4% less than the national average, earning $41,250 USD per year and in Canada they earn 36.75% less than the national average, earning $31,423 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yusif Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yusif in the Marathi language | ||
| युसीफ | yusipha | 90.91 |
| युिसफ़ | yuisafa | 9.09 |
| Yusif in the Hindi language | ||
| यूसिफ | yusipha | 63.79 |
| युसिफ | yusipha | 32.76 |
| युसिफ़ | yusifa | 1.72 |
| Yusif in the Russian language | ||
| Юсиф | usif | - |
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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 Yusif
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