Yuussuf Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Somalia
Highest density in:
Djibouti

Yuussuf Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yuussuf Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Somalia41:3,363,0155,093
Tanzania21:26,470,806111,653
Djibouti11:914,9321,612
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669

Yuussuf Last Name Facts

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

The last name Yuussuf is more commonly found in Somalia than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Yuussuf? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 6,723,624th most commonly used surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The last name Yuussuf occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Yuussuf live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 63 percent live in Cushitic Africa.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Somalia, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 3,363,015. Apart from Somalia it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 25 percent reside and Djibouti, where 13 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yuussuff932/
Yuusuf9222,751/
Yuousuf866/
Yuusuff865/
Yuossuf864/
Yuyusuf861/
Yuuusuf861/
Yoouussouf821/
Yuossouf801/
Yuosuf77309/
Yuusuph717/
Hagiuyusuf591/

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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 Yuussuf
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