Yusufu Surname

6,405th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 88,230 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Yusufu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yusufu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania38,6201:1,371176
Nigeria37,6871:4,700625
Malawi5,5421:3,089389
DR Congo4,1391:17,8502,224
Cameroon9131:22,7483,089
Somalia3921:34,3161,714
Zimbabwe3861:39,9956,171
Uganda3151:123,93411,650
Kenya881:524,77226,127
England371:1,505,89364,828
United States231:15,759,084542,937
South Africa161:3,386,106119,139
Burkina Faso91:2,039,12215,494
Indonesia81:16,531,149488,268
Ivory Coast71:3,295,89046,139
India51:153,413,076951,030
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
South Sudan41:2,853,7691,758
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Hungary21:4,908,13864,617
Liberia21:2,204,26840,131
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
China21:683,660,78330,601
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Sierra Leone11:7,089,6311,533
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Benin11:10,335,602103,742

Yusufu (92,636) may also be a first name.

Yusufu Last Name Facts

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

Yusufu (Hindi: युसुफु, Marathi: मयुसुफू) is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Yusufu.

How Common Is The Last Name Yusufu? popularity and diffusion

The surname Yusufu is the 6,405th most common surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 82,597 people. The last name Yusufu occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Yusufu are found; 45 percent are found in East Africa and 44 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 10,920th most widespread first name in the world, held by 92,636 people.

The surname is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is held by 38,620 people, or 1 in 1,371. In Tanzania it is most common in: Mtwara Region, where 16 percent reside, Tanga Region, where 13 percent reside and Dar es Salaam Region, where 9 percent reside. Excluding Tanzania this last name occurs in 41 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 43 percent reside and Malawi, where 6 percent reside.

Yusufu Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Yusufu surname is chiefly Christian (71%) in Kenya and Muslim (76%) in Nigeria.

The amount Yusufu earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 76.31% less than the national average, earning R 56,292 per year and in United States they earn 34.48% more than the national average, earning $58,025 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Yusufu Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Yusufu in the Hindi language
युसुफुyusuphu66.67
यूसुफुyusuphu33.33
Yusufu in the Marathi language
मयुसुफूmayusuphu50
युसुफुyusuphu50

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Footnotes

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