Yusuf Surname

297^th

Most Common

surname in the World

Approximately 1,801,864 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:

Nigeria

Highest density in:

Somalia

Yusuf Surname User-submission:

A masculine name, originally Hebrew, the name of the prophet of Bani Israel, Joseph peace be upon him, and he was Joseph, son of Jacob, son of Isaac son of Abraham peace be upon them. It means: God gives and doubles, God increases.

Yusuf Surname Distribution Map

Place	Incidence	Frequency	Rank in Area
Nigeria	1,267,014	1:140	13
Indonesia	179,647	1:736	51
Somalia	114,058	1:118	17
Ethiopia	52,801	1:1,847	328
Afghanistan	38,643	1:832	108
India	33,744	1:22,732	1,745
Sudan	18,480	1:2,030	291
Bangladesh	16,672	1:9,558	803
Malaysia	14,067	1:2,097	319
Kenya	13,330	1:3,464	534
Egypt	8,298	1:11,079	1,316
Malawi	5,777	1:2,963	372
Tanzania	4,780	1:11,076	1,437
South Sudan	4,227	1:2,701	529
Bulgaria	4,159	1:1,678	251
England	3,829	1:14,552	2,149
United States	3,132	1:115,728	12,496
Pakistan	2,305	1:77,503	2,730
Somaliland	1,724	1:2,030	250
Sri Lanka	1,389	1:14,981	2,125
Ghana	1,178	1:22,938	2,795
United Arab Emirates	1,116	1:8,210	1,028
Djibouti	999	1:916	105
Sweden	953	1:10,332	912
Canada	909	1:40,534	5,052
Turkey	904	1:86,086	7,763
Uganda	832	1:46,922	5,783
South Africa	811	1:66,804	8,369
Australia	800	1:33,745	4,450
Saudi Arabia	596	1:51,772	7,760
Bahrain	323	1:4,175	737
Morocco	307	1:112,300	19,480
Mali	258	1:65,771	1,556
Thailand	255	1:277,013	47,649
Norway	252	1:20,406	2,618
Oman	225	1:16,391	1,699
Guyana	221	1:3,449	633
Denmark	179	1:31,535	3,275
Brunei	175	1:2,393	428
DR Congo	171	1:432,044	35,878
Singapore	171	1:32,209	1,193
Kuwait	164	1:23,175	3,064
Philippines	126	1:803,478	76,852
Netherlands	121	1:139,563	21,355
Cameroon	109	1:190,542	19,833
Germany	94	1:856,441	61,781
Qatar	90	1:26,200	2,820
Northern Cyprus	78	1:4,090	733
Iraq	73	1:479,749	8,022
Belgium	70	1:164,238	22,550
Russia	68	1:2,119,457	129,651
New Zealand	63	1:71,878	10,704
Spain	63	1:742,096	31,639
Ireland	60	1:78,482	4,686
Uzbekistan	54	1:572,762	12,592
Eritrea	49	1:96,978	125
Finland	44	1:124,925	12,029
Brazil	42	1:5,097,008	130,362
Wales	42	1:73,679	6,340
Greece	40	1:276,995	41,298
Iceland	39	1:9,746	948
Suriname	38	1:14,543	3,502
Taiwan	34	1:689,551	4,984
Venezuela	33	1:915,275	14,245
Israel	32	1:267,426	24,032
Zimbabwe	30	1:514,608	41,883
Jamaica	29	1:98,964	4,125
Scotland	29	1:184,614	10,113
Iran	27	1:2,843,797	88,363
United States Virgin Islands	26	1:4,245	679
Myanmar	25	1:2,077,519	669
China	22	1:62,150,980	3,380
Ukraine	22	1:2,069,213	143,711
Argentina	21	1:2,035,401	100,871
Tajikistan	19	1:441,405	3,172
Rwanda	16	1:710,311	2,071
Benin	15	1:689,040	39,432
Poland	15	1:2,533,917	108,409
Ivory Coast	14	1:1,647,945	32,915
Trinidad and Tobago	14	1:97,427	6,588
France	13	1:5,109,440	259,941
Liberia	11	1:400,776	20,681
Barbados	10	1:28,745	1,389
Fiji	9	1:99,377	1,883
Maldives	9	1:44,908	2,305
Mozambique	9	1:3,029,063	2,946
Switzerland	9	1:912,546	58,198
Estonia	8	1:165,226	26,217
Japan	8	1:15,980,537	47,042
Niger	8	1:2,399,002	43,750
Jordan	7	1:1,263,205	16,935
Italy	6	1:10,192,781	121,657
Syria	6	1:3,216,837	11,326
Austria	5	1:1,703,087	89,702
Kyrgyzstan	5	1:1,194,531	65,188
Panama	5	1:782,452	11,059
Azerbaijan	4	1:2,412,280	25,948
Burkina Faso	4	1:4,588,025	21,573
Lebanon	4	1:1,409,271	19,641
Lesotho	4	1:508,140	18,568
Libya	4	1:1,560,994	3,087
North Macedonia	4	1:525,368	20,918
Saint Kitts and Nevis	4	1:13,800	846
Yemen	4	1:6,606,324	25,896
Colombia	3	1:15,924,691	28,711
Romania	3	1:6,692,623	78,504
Zambia	3	1:5,283,307	43,479
Hungary	2	1:4,908,138	64,617
Kazakhstan	2	1:8,841,248	174,813
Kosovo	2	1:930,934	12,188
Lithuania	2	1:1,517,294	35,813
Mauritius	2	1:646,708	13,517
Northern Ireland	1	1:1,845,036	20,648
Algeria	1	1:38,631,551	130,422
Angola	1	1:26,989,214	11,853
Belize	1	1:355,474	3,977
Botswana	1	1:2,186,929	30,250
Burundi	1	1:9,804,852	2,349
Cambodia	1	1:15,487,146	14,824
Chad	1	1:13,592,199	13,092
Comoros	1	1:749,524	685
Cyprus	1	1:884,876	13,055
Georgia	1	1:3,745,545	47,852
Hong Kong	1	1:7,335,483	16,643
Madagascar	1	1:23,649,837	9,420
Namibia	1	1:2,409,401	19,676
Papua New Guinea	1	1:8,153,717	181,784
Puerto Rico	1	1:3,550,139	9,109
Senegal	1	1:14,579,342	11,705
Serbia	1	1:7,144,948	38,459
Seychelles	1	1:92,393	1,532
Slovakia	1	1:5,336,450	140,422
South Korea	1	1:51,240,256	8,015
Togo	1	1:7,247,768	12,049
Tunisia	1	1:610,626	30,336
Turkmenistan	1	1:5,489,112	11,427

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Place	Incidence	Frequency	Rank in Area
England	6	1:4,062,562	101,150

The alternate forms: Yüsüf (1) are calculated separately.

Yusuf (1,851,562) may also be a first name.

Yusuf Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

- youssef7422

DNA test information

Yusuf Demographics

Average Male Yusuf Height

173.77^cm

Average male height (US):

175.3 cm

Sample size: 133 (2014)

Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries

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Yusuf Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Yusuf Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

Yusuf (Arabic: ليوسف, Bengali: ইউসুফ, Hindi: युसुफ, Marathi: युसुफ, Oriya: ୟୁସୁଫ, Russian: Юсуф) occurs most in Nigeria. It may also occur in the variant forms: Yüsüf. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Yusuf? ^{popularity and diffusion}

Yusuf is the 297^th most widely held family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,044 people. The surname Yusuf occurs predominantly in Africa, where 83 percent of Yusuf reside; 70 percent reside in West Africa and 70 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 344^th most commonly used first name in the world, held by 1,851,562 people.

The last name is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,267,014 people, or 1 in 140. In Nigeria Yusuf is most frequent in: Kano, where 11 percent live, Katsina, where 9 percent live and Kaduna, where 9 percent live. Aside from Nigeria it exists in 135 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 10 percent live and Somalia, where 6 percent live.

Yusuf Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The incidence of Yusuf has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Yusuf surname expanded 63,817 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Yusuf Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Yusuf last name is predominantly Muslim (94%) in Russia, Muslim (100%) in Kazakhstan, Muslim (69%) in Kenya, Muslim (88%) in Nigeria and Muslim (100%) in Uzbekistan.

In The United States those holding the Yusuf last name are 4% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 57.23% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Yusuf earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 24.02% less than the national average, earning 262,947 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 73.04% more than the national average, earning R 411,204 per year; in United States they earn 14.48% less than the national average, earning $36,903 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.14% less than the national average, earning $45,143 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Surname	Similarity	Worldwide Incidence	Prevalency
Yousuf	91	669,356	/
Yussuf	91	240,324	/
Yusuff	91	43,017	/
Yusufe	91	4,448	/
Yiusuf	91	1,426	/
Yusuuf	91	1,103	/
Yususf	91	1,000	/
Yushuf	91	277	/
Hyusuf	91	199	/
Yusouf	91	56	/
Yusauf	91	53	/
Yusufs	91	40	/
Yusuif	91	39	/
Yusiuf	91	21	/
Yhusuf	91	20	/
Yusuft	91	14	/
Yuhsuf	91	14	/
Uyusuf	91	12	/
Yusufh	91	8	/
Yuysuf	91	5	/
Yuseuf	91	4	/
Yudsuf	91	4	/
Eyusuf	91	3	/
Yusuyf	91	3	/
Oyusuf	91	3	/
Yusufz	91	3	/
Yutsuf	91	2	/
Yuzsuf	91	1	/
Yuscuf	91	1	/
Jyusuf	91	1	/
Yusupf	91	1	/
Yüsüf	87	1	/
Youssuf	83	1,473	/
Yussuff	83	1,469	/
Yousuff	83	916	/
Yousouf	83	639	/
Yusufsh	83	118	/
Yussouf	83	79	/
Yousuif	83	33	/
Yusouff	83	22	/
Youshuf	83	20	/
Yusssuf	83	10	/
Yusufff	83	10	/
Yusufhs	83	9	/
Yaousuf	83	9	/
Yousauf	83	8	/
Yiusuff	83	6	/
Yiousuf	83	5	/
Yususff	83	5	/
Yoousuf	83	4	/
Yusuuff	83	4	/
Yussuuf	83	3	/
Yousuuf	83	2	/
Youusuf	83	2	/
Yousuyf	83	2	/
Yousufh	83	1	/
Yussuif	83	1	/
Yusupfh	83	1	/
Yusufft	83	1	/
Yussuft	83	1	/
Yusufss	83	1	/
Yoiusuf	83	1	/
Hyussuf	83	1	/
Uyousuf	83	1	/
Yusufhh	83	1	/
Yusuffe	83	1	/
Jusuf	80	5,689	/
Yusub	80	903	/
Iusuf	80	160	/
Yusuv	80	26	/
Yuzuf	80	11	/
Yujuf	80	8	/
Yusuw	80	1	/
Youssouf	77	162,170	/
Yusufova	77	7,536	/
Yussouff	77	14	/
Youssuff	77	5	/
Yousouff	77	3	/
Yussufft	77	2	/
Hajyusuf	77	1	/
Yussuffe	77	1	/
Yuszchuf	77	1	/
Yoiussuf	77	1	/
Yousuffh	77	1	/
Youssauf	77	0	/
Yusuph	73	109,022	/
Yusoof	73	2,415	/
Jusuff	73	7	/
Yuzuff	73	5	/
Jussuf	73	5	/
Yushub	73	4	/
Yussub	73	4	/
Jousuf	73	3	/
Yusuhv	73	2	/
Juusuf	73	2	/
Iussuf	73	1	/
Yushuv	73	1	/
Yusowf	73	1	/
Yusubh	73	1	/
Yuscuv	73	1	/
Giusuf	73	1	/
Yusuib	73	1	/
Yousssouf	71	36	/
Youssouff	71	15	/
Yoiussouf	71	3	/
Yioussouf	71	2	/
Uyoussouf	71	1	/
Yooussouf	71	1	/
Youussouf	71	1	/
Yussuph	67	1,044	/
Yousuph	67	80	/
Yushuph	67	19	/
Yusooff	67	16	/
Yusuuph	67	15	/
Iousouf	67	8	/
Yushoof	67	5	/
Hijusuf	67	4	/
Giussuf	67	2	/
Yeoosuf	67	1	/
Yuhsuph	67	1	/
Iussufe	67	1	/
Jussufe	67	1	/

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Yusuf Name Transliterations

Transliteration	ICU Latin	Percentage of Incidence
Yusuf in the Bengali language
ইউসুফ	i'usupha	-
Yusuf in the Marathi language
युसुफ	yusupha	75.48
युसूफ	yusupha	17.95
यूसूफ	yusupha	2.37
युसुफ़	yusufa	2.01
युसुप	yusupa	0.32
युसूफ़	yusufa	0.22
युसूप	yusupa	0.15
युसुक	yusuka	0.06
यूसूफ़	yusufa	0.03
यूसुफ़	yusufa	0.02
युसु	yusu	0.02
युसुब	yusuba	0.02
मुसु	musu	0
युसुक़	yusuqa	0
युसुर	yusura	0
य़ुसुफ़	yusufa	0
युसुम	yusuma	0
युसूद	yusuda	0
उसुन	usuna	0
मुसुफ़	musufa	0
युसू	yusu	0
युसुव	yusuva	0
ईसुफ़	isufa	0
यीसू	yisu	0
युसूब	yusuba	0
यूसू	yusu	0
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Yusuf in the Oriya language
ୟୁସୁଫ	yusupha	73.38
ୟୁସୁଫ୍	yusuph	19.48
ୟୁସୁ	yusu	0.65
ୟୁଶୁଫ୍	yusuph	0.65
ୟୁସୁପ	yusupa	0.65
ଯୁସୁଫ୍	yusuph	0.65
ୟୁସୁଗ୍	yusug	0.65
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Yusuf in the Hindi language
युसुफ	yusupha	56.53
यूसुफ	yusupha	21.31
युसूफ	yusupha	13.77
यूसूफ	yusupha	7.6
युसुफ़	yusufa	0.45
यूसुफ़	yusufa	0.15
युसूफ़	yusufa	0.03
यूसूफ़	yusufa	0.02
यूसु़फ़	yusufa	0
य़ुसुफ़	yusufa	0
युशुफ़	yusufa	0
यूसुफ़	yusufa	0
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Yusuf in the Russian language
Юсуф	usuf	-
Yusuf in the Arabic language
ليوسف	lywsf	-
بيوسف	bywsf	-

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