How common is the surname Yousef?

2,305 people in the United States had the surname Yousef in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 133,946 Americans. It ranked 13,246th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Yousef getting more or less common?

More common. 1,344 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,305 in 2010, up 72%.

Is Yousef also a first name?

Yes. Yousef is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Yousef

An Arabic surname, carried by 2,305 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex Y210 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Yousef is more common than 91.8% of them.

Origin

Arabic origin

Borrowed from Arabic يُوسُف (yūsuf), equivalent to English Joseph.

One of 179 Arabic surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,305 people named Yousef in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 133,946 Americans. That is up 72% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,344.

#13,246

rank among US surnames

2,305

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+71.5%

change since 2000 (was #18,827)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,241	Hoadley	2,306	133,888
#13,246	Yousef	2,305	133,946
#13,251	Amey	2,304	134,004
#13,255	Blackledge	2,303	134,062

Who is named Yousef

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

80% of people named Yousef identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.6% as two or more races and 5.3% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 80%
Two or more races 6.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 5.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 4.1%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Hispanic, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Yousef

Yousef has the Soundex code Y210, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code Y210.

Other Arabic surnames

All 179 Arabic surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Yousef come from?: Borrowed from Arabic يُوسُف (yūsuf), equivalent to English Joseph.
How common is the surname Yousef?: 2,305 people in the United States had the surname Yousef in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 133,946 Americans. It ranked 13,246th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Yousef?: In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Yousef identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.6% as two or more races.
Is the surname Yousef getting more or less common?: More common. 1,344 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,305 in 2010, up 72%.
Is Yousef also a first name?: Yes. Yousef is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.