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
Yafa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻳﺎﻓﺎ, Hindi: यफा, Russian: Яфа) is found in Thailand more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Yafá. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yafa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 299,328th most commonly held last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 5,733,710 people. The surname 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 commonly occurring first name worldwide, borne by 1,462 people.
The surname Yafa is most commonly occurring in Thailand, where it is carried by 339 people, or 1 in 208,373. In Thailand it is mostly concentrated in: Trang Province, where 68 percent are found, Satun Province, where 15 percent are found and Chiang Rai Province, where 7 percent are found. Excluding Thailand this last name exists in 44 countries. It is also found in Senegal, where 21 percent are found and Mali, where 20 percent are found.
Yafa Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Yafa surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 100% being registered to vote for 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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