How common is the surname Yousif?

4,130 people in the United States had the surname Yousif in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 74,757 Americans. It ranked 8,010th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Yousif getting more or less common?

More common. 2,589 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,130 in 2010, up 60%.

The surname Yousif

A surname, carried by 4,130 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex Y210

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Yousif is more common than 95.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,130 people named Yousif in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 74,757 Americans. That is up 60% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,589.

#8,010

rank among US surnames

4,130

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+59.5%

change since 2000 (was #11,224)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,003	Karns	4,133	74,703
#8,005	Arcos	4,132	74,721
#8,006	Adelman	4,131	74,739
#8,010	Yousif	4,130	74,757
#8,013	Seeger	4,129	74,775
#8,016	Kaul	4,128	74,793

Who is named Yousif

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

86% of people named Yousif identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.1% as two or more races and 5.2% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 86%
Two or more races 7.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 5.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Yousif

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

Questions

How common is the surname Yousif?: 4,130 people in the United States had the surname Yousif in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 74,757 Americans. It ranked 8,010th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Yousif?: In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Yousif identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.1% as two or more races.
Is the surname Yousif getting more or less common?: More common. 2,589 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,130 in 2010, up 60%.