Yafa Surname
Approximately 1,271 people bear this surname
Yafa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 339 | 1:208,373 | 34,683 |
| Senegal | 268 | 1:54,401 | 821 |
| Mali | 258 | 1:65,771 | 1,556 |
| United Arab Emirates | 68 | 1:134,739 | 11,022 |
| Papua New Guinea | 45 | 1:181,194 | 25,163 |
| Benin | 43 | 1:240,363 | 21,480 |
| DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
| Cameroon | 37 | 1:561,326 | 43,620 |
| United States | 21 | 1:17,259,949 | 572,238 |
| Mauritania | 19 | 1:215,519 | 10,553 |
| Indonesia | 16 | 1:8,265,575 | 327,276 |
| Turkey | 15 | 1:5,188,095 | 110,069 |
| Ivory Coast | 14 | 1:1,647,945 | 32,915 |
| Israel | 10 | 1:855,763 | 54,181 |
| Malaysia | 9 | 1:3,277,136 | 121,952 |
| Russia | 8 | 1:18,015,382 | 436,635 |
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| Argentina | 5 | 1:8,548,683 | 204,003 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Spain | 3 | 1:15,584,012 | 120,866 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
The alternate forms: Yafá (1) are calculated separately.
Yafa (1,462) may also be a first name.
Yafa Demographics
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Yafa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yafa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yafa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻳﺎﻓﺎ, Hindi: यफा, Russian: Яфа) occurs most in Thailand. It may also occur as a variant: Yafá. For other potential spellings of Yafa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yafa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 299,328th most commonly held surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 5,733,710 people. Yafa occurs mostly in Africa, where 55 percent of Yafa live; 49 percent live in West Africa and 27 percent live in Tai-Asia. It is also the 203,815th most numerous first name at a global level. It is borne by 1,462 people.
The last name is most widespread in Thailand, where it is borne by 339 people, or 1 in 208,373. In Thailand it is primarily concentrated in: Trang Province, where 68 percent live, Satun Province, where 15 percent live and Chiang Rai Province, where 7 percent live. Other than Thailand Yafa is found in 44 countries. It also occurs in Senegal, where 21 percent live and Mali, where 20 percent live.
Yafa Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Yafa last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 100% registered with the political party.
Yafa earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 6.61% more than the national average, earning $46,000 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yafa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yafa in the Hindi language | ||
| यफा | yapha | - |
| Yafa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻳﺎﻓﺎ | yafa | 90 |
| ﻳﻔﺎ | yfa | 10 |
| Yafa in the Russian language | ||
| Яфа | afa | - |
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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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