Isuf

Name: Isuf: recorded bearers, distribution and rank
Creator: Mondonomo
Published: 2026-09-12

given name · Hindi · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Isuf is a given name, most frequently recorded in India. In Kosovo it is the 41st most common given name. It appears chiefly in Hindi and Albanian, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: a male given name, equivalent to English Joseph.

rarermore common

INIndia1 in 314K◐
XKKosovo1 in 510
ALAlbania1 in 1.8K

carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.

: ≈2.1K ●
: 2 ●
Sources: 22 ●
: 1 in 1.8K ◐

Spellings & scripts●

IsufLatin · Hindi●9.3K records

ИсуфCyrillic · Macedonian●278 records

Locally spelled Исуф in MK North Macedonia, RU Russia.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

a male given name, equivalent to English Joseph

Sources 1

kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world●

Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.

Where Isuf is recorded, by country
Country						Most common spelling	Sources
IN India	—	10,362	5.8K rec.	—	6	Isuf	15
AL Albania	—	1,699	—	1 in 1.8K	1.7K	—	—
XK Kosovo	#41	926	1.2K rec.	—	4.4K	Isuf	4
BG Bulgaria	—	528	316 rec.	—	—	Isuf	20
MK North Macedonia	—	278△	2 rec.	1 in 7.6K	278	Исуф	4
US United States	—	120	101 rec.	—	—	Isuf	22
SE Sweden	—	67△	17 rec.	1 in 152K	67	Isuf	9
CH Switzerland	—	57	41 rec.	—	—	Isuf	8
GE Georgia	—	56	56 rec.	—	—	Isuf	1
SI Slovenia	—	45△	14 rec.	1 in 47K	45	Isuf	2
IT Italy	—	39	38 rec.	—	1	Isuf	4
GB United Kingdom	—	28	10 rec.	—	—	Isuf	7
BE Belgium	—	23	21 rec.	—	3	Isuf	6
RS Serbia	—	21	11 rec.	—	—	Isuf	8
HR Croatia	—	13	33 rec.	1 in 325K	13	Isuf	11
TR Türkiye	—	12	14 rec.	—	—	Isuf	2
RU Russia	—	7	8 rec.	—	#1,970	Исуф	3
DK Denmark	—	7	—	1 in 838K	7	—	—
NG Nigeria	—	7	8 rec.	—	—	Isuf	2
KZ Kazakhstan	—	6	—	1 in 3.2M	6	—	—
FI Finland	—	5△	2 rec.	1 in 1.1M	47	—	1
PL Poland	—	4	—	1 in 9.6M	4	—	—
MD Moldova	—	1	—	1 in 3.4M	1	—	—
NO Norway	—	—	1 rec.	—	60	—	1
GY Guyana	—	—	—	—	16	—	—
ES Spain	—	—	0 rec.	—	11	—	1
AT Austria	—	—	—	—	6	—	—
IS Iceland	—	—	—	—	1	—	—
DE Germany	—	—	—	—	1	—	—
EE Estonia	—	—	—	—	listed	—	—

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.

Languages●

Hindi9.3K34%
Albanian8.8K32%
3.6K13%
Croatian1K4%
German6933%

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Languages in which the name is recorded
Name	Records	Note
Hindi	9,304	34%
Albanian	8,776	32%
	3,638	13%
Croatian	1,046	4%
German	693	3%

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Isuf is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

Albanian given name9.0K records spelled Isuf3 spellings in the group
Most recorded in Albania, Kosovo, United States, Italy
Also written Īsuf, Íšúf

38 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Over time●

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Isuf in ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search), Kosovo, 1870–2025
Year	records
1870	2
1880	2
1882	4
1883	2
1885	6
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	1
1890	4
1891	1
1892	1
1893	4
1894	2
1895	10
1896	5
1897	3
1898	6
1899	7
1900	17
1901	7
1902	11
1903	19
1904	2
1905	10
1906	8
1907	10
1908	13
1909	8
1910	21
1911	7
1912	17
1913	7
1914	8
1915	17
1916	8
1917	7
1918	12
1919	9
1920	23
1921	15
1922	16
1923	16
1924	12
1925	15
1926	22
1927	17
1928	27
1929	28
1930	38
1931	26
1932	22
1933	35
1934	29
1935	32
1936	35
1937	49
1938	48
1939	42
1940	55
1941	37
1942	42
1943	38
1944	57
1945	42
1946	47
1947	66
1948	43
1949	57
1950	61
1951	53
1952	68
1953	74
1954	77
1955	56
1956	47
1957	53
1958	69
1959	75
1960	91
1961	74
1962	61
1963	74
1964	80
1965	76
1966	87
1967	89
1968	81
1969	86
1970	72
1971	89
1972	65
1973	53
1974	52
1975	62
1976	57
1977	61
1978	53
1979	54
1980	48
1981	52
1982	41
1983	60
1984	34
1985	41
1986	36
1987	30
1988	37
1989	32
1990	35
1991	19
1992	26
1993	28
1994	31
1995	23
1996	30
1997	19
1998	13
1999	22
2000	28
2001	29
2002	23
2003	21
2004	13
2005	14
2006	16
2007	25
2008	22
2009	19
2010	16
2011	14
2012	11
2013	15
2014	17
2015	15
2016	10
2017	15
2018	7
2019	13
2020	10
2021	3
2022	3
2023	5
2024	3
2025	3

XK ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search) — 145 years between 1870–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

Isuf Myzyrib. 1881ALAlbanian violinist and composer
Isuf Luzajb. 1913ALAlbanian writer
Isuf Sulovarib. 1934Albanian painter
Isuf Kalob. 1942ALAlbanian doctor
Isuf Currib. 1963ALAlbanian athletics competitor
Isuf Çelab. 1996ALAlbanian footballer
Isuf KeçiALAlbanian politician
Isuf CelajALAlbanian politician

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Attested in 28 sources across 19 countries.

Official registers attesting Isuf
Country	Register	Year	Count	Rank
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	—	4.4K	#95
AL Albania	INSTAT Albania — Search the name (given-name counts)	—	1.7K	#262
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	1960	91	—
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	1971	89	—
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	1967	89	—
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	1966	87	—
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	1969	86	—
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	1968	81	—
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	1964	80	—
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	1954	77	—
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	1965	76	—
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	1959	75	—
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	1963	74	—
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	1961	74	—
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	1953	74	—
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	1970	72	—
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	1958	69	—
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	1952	68	—
SE Sweden	Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)	—	67	#11,181
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	1947	66	—
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	1972	65	—
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	1975	62	—
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	1977	61	—
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	1962	61	—
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	1950	61	—
NO Norway	SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population)	—	60	#10,697
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	1983	60	—
SE Sweden	SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)	2020	57	—
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	1976	57	—
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	1949	57	—
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	1944	57	—
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	1955	56	—
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	1940	55	—
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	1979	54	—
FI Finland	DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)	—	47	#8,538
SI Slovenia	SURS — resident population given names	2025	45	#1,153
SI Slovenia	stat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank)	—	44	#2,325
FI Finland	DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)	—	25	#21,110
IN India	Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls	—	21	#61,295
GY Guyana	Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025	2025	16	#609
HR Croatia	DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form)	2021	13	#4,648
ES Spain	INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)	—	11	#114,632
DK Denmark	Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts)	—	7	#8,334
AT Austria	Statistik Austria — STATatlas Vornamen WFS (per-name time series 1984–2024)	2024	6	#1,820
IN India	Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls	—	6	#157,034
FI Finland	DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register)	—	5	—
PL Poland	dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20)	2026	4	#20,439
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	2025	3	—
BE Belgium	Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register)	2008	3	#121,075
PL Poland	dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)	—	3	#22,286
IN India	naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)	2015	3	—
DK Denmark	Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts)	—	3	#74,527
IS Iceland	Þjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry)	2019	1	#22,697
MD Moldova	e-services.md — living population register	—	1	#8,789
AT Austria	Statistik Austria — Vornamen der Geborenen (1984–present)	2024	1	#2,592
IT Italy	ISTAT — Contanomi newborn per-name series (1999–2024, JSONP backend)	2024	1	#13,877
IN India	naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)	2013	1	—
DE Germany	Stadt Düsseldorf Open Data — Vornamen Neugeborene	2009	1	—
EE Estonia	Siseministeerium — population register name list 2023	2023	—	—
DE Germany	Stadt München Open Data — Vornamen von Nulljährigen	2015	—	—

Reference works 1

Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Isuf?: We estimate roughly 2.1 thousand people bear Isuf (counting its spellings and scripts) across 10 countries in our records.
In which country does Isuf have the most bearers?: Isuf is most frequently recorded in India, where it is most often spelled isuf.
How common is Isuf compared with other names?: In Kosovo, Isuf is the 41st most common given name of 6,371 given names recorded there.
Is Isuf a male or female name?: Isuf is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
What does the name Isuf mean?: Recorded meaning: a male given name, equivalent to English Joseph

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About this data

● measured from records◐ inferred from the name graph○ machine-generated

Data snapshot 2026-09-12. Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Isuf” — the 41st most common given name in Kosovo. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.

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