Yoúsef
surname · Latin script
Yoúsef is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Nigeria than in any other country, where it is the 24th most common given name. Recorded meaning: Borrowed from Arabic يُوسُف (yūsuf), equivalent to English Joseph.
- JOJordan≈1 in 331(inferred from the name graph)
- KWKuwait≈1 in 372
- SASaudi Arabia≈1 in 843
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Yoúsef itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Nigeria (inferred from the name graph)
- #354 (measured from records)
- 4 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 328 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 331 (inferred from the name graph)
≈770,000 named Yusuf, est.
of 15M given names
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Jordan, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Yousef in EG Egypt, KW Kuwait, SA Saudi Arabia and 1 more and Yusuf in TR Türkiye, NG Nigeria, SY Syria.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Borrowed from Arabic يُوسُف (yūsuf), equivalent to English Joseph.
Sources 4
- Wiktionary
- Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon
- Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
- Nordic Names
Where in the world(measured from records)
Yoúsef counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NG Nigeria | #24 | ≈770,000 est. | ≈1 in 277 | — | Yusuf | 137 |
| TR Türkiye | #18 | 526,127as Yusuf | 1 in 156 | 526K | Yusuf | 173 |
| EG Egypt | #106 | ≈97,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.1K | listed | Yousef | 139 |
| SA Saudi Arabia | #57 | ≈41,000 est. | ≈1 in 843 | — | Yousef | 163 |
| SY Syria | #28 | ≈39,000 est. | ≈1 in 497 | — | Yusuf | 60 |
| JO Jordan | #67 | ≈33,000 est. | ≈1 in 331 | — | Yousef | 126 |
| KW Kuwait | #30 | ≈8,100 est. | ≈1 in 372 | — | Yousef | 136 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: TÜİK NIP — most used given names. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Evidence(measured from records)
No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Yoúsef mean, and where does it come from?
- Borrowed from Arabic يُوسُف (yūsuf), equivalent to English Joseph. Recorded by Wiktionary and Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon and 2 other sources.
- In which country does Yoúsef have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 773 thousand people named Yusuf in Nigeria, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Yoúsef?
- In Türkiye, the national register counted 526,127 people named Yusuf in 2025, about 1 in 156 residents.
- How common is Yoúsef compared with other names?
- In Nigeria, Yoúsef is the 24th most common given name of 138,191 given names recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/yo%C3%BAsefThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Yoúsef” — the 24th most common given name in Nigeria. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.