# Yunus (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/yunus/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Arabic.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Arabic |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 304 |
| US rank (2010) | 65,244 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 1,015,610 people |
| Change since 2000 | +52% (200 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic يُونُس (yūnus), from Ancient Greek Ἰωνᾶς (Iōnâs), from Hebrew יונה (yônā), all meaning Jonah. Doublet of Younis and Younus.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Yunus in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 11% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 4.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 77% |
| Two or more races | 6.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Yunus in Bangladesh, the Soviet Union, Afghanistan and the United States.

## People named Yunus

- Muhammad Yunus, Bangladeshi banker, Nobel Peace Prize recipient and the former Chief Adviser of Bangladesh
- Leyla Yunus, Azerbaijani activist
- Mohammad Yunus Khalis, Afghan Mujahideen commander (1919–2006)
- Monica Yunus, Bangladeshi Operatic soprano

## Similar surnames

Younes, Younis, Younus, Youngs, Yung, Young, Yang, Yanez, Yancey, Yeung, Yanes, Yancy.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.