Explore the Family Name Yousuf

The meaning of Yousuf

Arabic: variant of Yusuf ‘Joseph’. It is found among both Muslims and Christians, in part as an Arabized form of the Assyrian/Chaldean variants (see Joseph and Yousef). Some characteristic forenames: Arabic/Muslim Mohammed, Mohammad, Syed, Abdul, Anwar, Arshad, Bashir, Faisal, Jawed, Muhammad, Murad, Rauf.

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How common is the last name Yousuf in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Yousuf has significantly increased between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Yousuf was ranked 30,552 in terms of commonality among surnames. By 2010, it had risen to rank 21,119, representing a change of nearly 31%. The count of people bearing this surname also surged from 721 in 2000 to 1,243 in 2010, marking an increase of more than 72%. Correspondingly, its proportion per 100,000 people grew by 55.56% during the same period.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#30,552	#21,119	30.88%
Count	721	1,243	72.4%
Proportion per 100k	0.27	0.42	55.56%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Yousuf

Regarding ethnicity, Census data shows that the largest proportion of Yousuf bearers identified as Asian/Pacific Islander, with a slight growth from 62% in 2000 to 64.52% in 2010. Notable changes were seen in the categories of "Two or more races" and "Black", with the former decreasing by 64.22% and the latter increasing by 73.32% over the ten-year span. The proportion of Yousuf bearers identifying as White decreased slightly by 6.71%, while those identifying as Hispanic and American Indian and Alaskan Native began to appear in the dataset in 2010, with proportions of 0.80% and 0.56% respectively.

	2000	2010	Change
Asian/Pacific Islander	62%	64.52%	4.06%
Black	10.12%	17.54%	73.32%
White	12.07%	11.26%	-6.71%
Two or More Races	14.84%	5.31%	-64.22%
Hispanic	0%	0.8%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0.56%	0%