Yunus is used as a family name or surname in Nigeria. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Yunus
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Nigeria
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Yunus

How popular is Yunus?

Yunus is common in Nigeria.

Yunus is ranked 3261 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Yunuses grew by 52 per cent to 304 since 2000 and ranked 65244 after elevating 21413 spots. The last name was found in around 1 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 77.3 68
White 10.53 18
Others 6.91 12
Black 4.28 0
Yunus is quite popular family name mostly used in Indonesia while Brunei is ahead in terms of density. Around 166564 people have been found who wears Yunus as their family name. Yunus is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
100,092 Spain9
5,340 Iceland6
2,109 Ethiopia5
4,921 Uganda5
10,542 China4
11,802 Egypt4
11,480 Japan4
6,270 Hong Kong3
4,367 Afghanistan2
28,232 Morocco2
219,873 France2
19,093 Finland2
124,220 Italy2
10,267 Sri Lanka2
6,103 Cyprus2
34,572 Israel2
34,681 Norway2
1,970 Grenada1
8,859 Iraq1
20,172 Hungary1
42,479 Greece1
3,350 Fiji1
7,340 Democratic Republic of The Congo1
10,190 Bahrain1
4,171 Rwanda1
24,460 Armenia1
36,814 Romania1
971 Seychelles1
58,885 Poland1
66,560 Philippines1
8,371 Syria1
2,057 Myanmar1
5,916 Mozambique1
16,283 Lithuania1
4,942 Libya1
14,373 Jordan1
9,926 Ivory Coast1
18,969 Wales1
37,493 Austria1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
28,564 Switzerland36
8,988 Azerbaijan24
20,041 New Zealand24
11,387 Ireland22
42,407 Sweden22
25,758 Kyrgyzstan22
3,892 Guyana20
78,557 Netherlands13
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
36,026 Canada91
163,498 Russia60
26,687 Belgium59
79,768 Ukraine56
Countries with hundreds of Yunus:
1,674 United Arab Emirates634
11,494 South Africa548
7,858 Uzbekistan454
60,608 United States420
14,587 England398
1,342 Kuwait279
2,741 Turkmenistan276
3,345 Tajikistan254
191 Brunei219
1,923 Singapore207
50,182 Germany202
1,579 Qatar156
3,016 Oman155
17,144 Kazakhstan153
21,591 Australia115
Countries with thousands of Yunus:
2,299 Turkey4,612
2,120 Tanzania2,529
1,539 Saudi Arabia2,309
4,036 Kenya1,412
2,346 Ghana1,358
Countries with ten thousands of Yunus:
232 Indonesia60,693
1,813 India32,052
896 Pakistan17,350
288 Malaysia14,190
1,000 Bangladesh13,750
2,218 Nigeria11,310
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Yunus Namesakes

  • Abid Yunus Khan, Actor
  • Muhammad Yunus, Entrepreneur
  • Leyla Yunus, Human rights activists
  • Monica Yunus, Opera Singer
  • Monica Yunus, Opera Singer
  • Dilber Yunus, Soprano
  • Arif Yunus, Author
  • Artyom Yunusov, Timati's brother
  • Deena Afroz Yunus, Muhammad Yunus' daughter
  • Dilber Yunus, Soprano

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