Yusifa Surname

170,597th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,526 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Yusifa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yusifa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2,2271:79,5435,642
Indonesia1991:664,56951,932
Cameroon961:216,34421,934
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220

Yusifa (752) may also be a first name.

Yusifa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Yusifa (Hindi: यूसिफा) is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Yusifa? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 170,597th most widely held family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 2,885,014 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Yusifa reside; 88 percent reside in West Africa and 88 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 299,703rd most frequently used first name world-wide It is held by 752 people.

The surname Yusifa is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 2,227 people, or 1 in 79,543. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Kano, where 54 percent reside, Katsina, where 18 percent reside and Jigawa, where 10 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 8 percent reside and Cameroon, where 4 percent reside.

Yusifa Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Yusifa last name is chiefly Muslim (89%) in Nigeria.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yusifah9238/
Yusiffa925/
Yusifoa923/
Yusaifa922/
Yousifa921/
Youssifa8675/
Yusaifah8618/
Yousifai861/
Yusefa83461/
Yusifi83113/
Yusifo835/
Yusife834/
Yusyfa831/
Youssoifa801/
Youssifaa801/
Yousifi77234/
Yousify7740/
Yousife7721/
Yusefah775/
Yussife774/
Yusifoh772/
Yusifoi771/
Yousefa771/
Yusipha771/
Yusifou771/
Jusifat771/
Youssifi71259/
Youssife7110/
Yousiefi718/
Yousipha711/
Yousifou711/
Youshifi711/
Yusuipha711/
Yusifhih711/
Yussefha711/
Yousiffe711/
Youssifou67303/
Yusefi67158/
Yusefy6719/
Jusifi674/
Josifa674/
Jusefa672/
Yaoussifi671/
Jusify671/
Yuzefa671/

Yusifa Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Yusifa in the Hindi language
यूसिफाyusipha-

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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 Yusifa
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