Yousafzai
Yousafzai is a Pashtun surname and tribal name associated with the Yusufzai, a major Pashtun group historically centered in the Swat Valley of present-day Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The name appears among families that trace lineage to the Yusufzai and is used by individuals in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and by Pashtun communities in the diaspora.
The Yusufzai have a long history in the region around Swat and neighboring areas. Today, people with
Notable individuals with the surname include Malala Yousafzai (born 1997), a Pakistani education activist who gained
See also: Yusufzai, a variant spelling of the same tribal name.