Yaaraf Surname
Approximately 261 people bear this surname
Yaaraf Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 136 | 1:253,501 | 42,794 |
| Mauritania | 125 | 1:32,759 | 2,668 |
Yaaraf Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yaaraf Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yaaraf (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻳﻌﺮﻑ) is held by more people in Morocco than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yaaraf? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 985,740th most frequently used family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 27,921,632 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Yaaraf live; 52 percent live in North Africa and 52 percent live in Mahgreb.
The last name is most common in Morocco, where it is held by 136 people, or 1 in 253,501. Beside Morocco it is found in one country. It is also common in Mauritania, where 48 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yaraf | 91 | 104 | / |
| Yasraf | 83 | 9 | / |
| Yarauf | 83 | 6 | / |
| Yaarav | 83 | 4 | / |
| Yarraf | 83 | 3 | / |
| Yaraaf | 83 | 2 | / |
| Yarasf | 83 | 1 | / |
| Yaraff | 83 | 1 | / |
| Yaarouf | 77 | 673 | / |
| Yaraatf | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ja'araf | 77 | 1 | / |
| Yarhafz | 77 | 1 | / |
| Yarab | 73 | 921 | / |
| Yaraw | 73 | 393 | / |
| Jaraf | 73 | 384 | / |
| Yarav | 73 | 107 | / |
| Earaf | 73 | 3 | / |
| Yoraf | 73 | 1 | / |
| Iaraf | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yarof | 73 | 1 | / |
| Jarraf | 67 | 659 | / |
| Jaarab | 67 | 435 | / |
| Yaarob | 67 | 36 | / |
| Yaroof | 67 | 12 | / |
| Yaroff | 67 | 12 | / |
| Yaraiv | 67 | 6 | / |
| Yaraph | 67 | 5 | / |
| Yarofe | 67 | 5 | / |
| Yahrab | 67 | 4 | / |
| Yasrof | 67 | 4 | / |
| Yayrab | 67 | 4 | / |
| Yohraf | 67 | 3 | / |
| Yarouf | 67 | 2 | / |
| Jaarav | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jarauf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jasraf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yaraaw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yarabh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ajoraf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ijaraf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jarafe | 67 | 1 | / |
Yaaraf Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yaaraf in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻳﻌﺮﻑ | yrf | - |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Yaaraf
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