Yuusf Surname

1,391,595th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 157 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Yuusf Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yuusf Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1511:1,173,13147,714
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Somalia11:13,452,0619,224

Yuusf (93) may also be a first name.

Yuusf Last Name Facts

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

The last name Yuusf has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Yuusf.

How Common Is The Last Name Yuusf? popularity and diffusion

Yuusf is the 1,391,595th most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 46,417,490 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Yuusf are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 96 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Yuusf is also the 986,211th most common first name globally. It is borne by 93 people.

This surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 151 people, or 1 in 1,173,131. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Kaduna, where 15 percent are found, Bauchi, where 13 percent are found and Kano, where 13 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Egypt, where 3 percent are found and Ethiopia, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yuussf914/
Yuusff914/
Yuousf912/
Yuuf8926/
Yuosf80264/
Yuauf80115/
Yuyuf8040/
Yujuf808/
Yuuff801/
Yuufs801/
Yuauff737/
Yuouff731/
Yuuw6713/
Iuuf674/
Yuoof601/
Yujub601/
Ayyuub555/
Yuyuph553/
Juiuft551/
Yaauub551/
Yiuyuf551/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Yuusf
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