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    The surname Yousuf

    A surname, carried by 1,243 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex Y210

    Yousuf: #21,119 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Yousuf #21,119, 1,243 people Yousuf: #21,119 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Yousuf #21,119, 1,243 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Yousuf is more common than 87% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,243 people named Yousuf in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 248,387 Americans. That is up 72% since 2000, when the Census counted 721.

    #21,119
    rank among US surnames
    1,243
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +72.4%
    change since 2000 (was #30,552)

    Who is named Yousuf

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

    65% of people named Yousuf identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 18% as Black (not Hispanic) and 11% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 65%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 18%
    • White (not Hispanic) 11%
    • Two or more races 5.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Yousuf

    Yousuf 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 Yousuf?
    1,243 people in the United States had the surname Yousuf in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 248,387 Americans. It ranked 21,119th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Yousuf?
    In the 2010 Census, 65% of people named Yousuf identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 18% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Yousuf getting more or less common?
    More common. 721 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,243 in 2010, up 72%.