Yafaev Surname

1,092,155th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 225 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Russia

Yafaev Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yafaev Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia2041:706,48659,947
France81:8,302,840321,660
Ukraine61:7,587,116277,111
Uzbekistan41:7,732,28643,643
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197

Yafaev Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Yafaev Come From? nationality or country of origin

Yafaev (Russian: Яфаев) is found in Russia more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Yafaev? popularity and diffusion

Yafaev is the 1,092,155th most commonly occurring surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 32,389,093 people. The surname Yafaev is mostly found in Europe, where 90 percent of Yafaev live; 86 percent live in Eastern Europe and 86 percent live in East Slavic Europe.

This surname is most common in Russia, where it is borne by 204 people, or 1 in 706,486. In Russia Yafaev is most frequent in: Bashkortostan Republic, where 68 percent are found, Moscow, where 7 percent are found and Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, where 5 percent are found. Beside Russia this last name occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in France, where 4 percent are found and Ukraine, where 3 percent are found.

Yafaev Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Yafaev surname is predominantly Muslim (83%) in Russia.

In The United States those holding the Yafaev surname are 8.67% more likely to be registered United Russias than the national average, with 38.1% being registered to vote for the political party.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yafayev9210/
Yafav9116/
Yafayeva865/
Iafaev835/
Yafeev833/
Yafov731/
Jafav731/
Jafajeva711/
Jafhav675/
Jaafav671/
Eawfawef571/
Iofev551/
Yafoub506/
Jafeef504/
Yafouf502/
Yaphew501/
Japhav501/

Yafaev Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Yafaev in the Russian language
Яфаевafaev-

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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 Yafaev
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