Iafo Surname
Approximately 3 people bear this surname
Iafo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
Iafo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Iafo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Iafo is found most in Papua New Guinea. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Iafo.
How Common Is The Last Name Iafo? popularity and diffusion
Iafo is the 10,311,814th most commonly used last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 67 percent of Iafo are found; 67 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 67 percent are found in Papuan Oceania.
Iafo is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 4,076,858. In Papua New Guinea it is most frequent in: Gulf, where 50 percent live and National Capital District, where 50 percent live. Without taking into account Papua New Guinea Iafo exists in one country. It also occurs in Kuwait, where 33 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jiafo | 89 | 1 | / |
| Giaffo | 80 | 14 | / |
| Eyiafo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Yafo | 75 | 294 | / |
| Jafo | 75 | 56 | / |
| Eafo | 75 | 4 | / |
| Iafa | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ajiafou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yafou | 67 | 124 | / |
| Yaffo | 67 | 84 | / |
| Ijafa | 67 | 21 | / |
| Jaffo | 67 | 20 | / |
| Jafou | 67 | 14 | / |
| Iaffa | 67 | 12 | / |
| Yafoo | 67 | 8 | / |
| Jiofo | 67 | 8 | / |
| Jiafa | 67 | 7 | / |
| Jafoo | 67 | 5 | / |
| Jaafo | 67 | 4 | / |
| Jasfo | 67 | 3 | / |
| Jayfo | 67 | 3 | / |
| Jafoh | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ijofo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Giafa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Yiafa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Iafat | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jaufo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jafos | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ihafa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yafot | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yafoz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yahfo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yafoy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yiofo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yafoa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yaafo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yafuo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jhafo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hiofo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hiafa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Iafau | 67 | 1 | / |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Iafo
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