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

The surname Yafaev (Russian: Яфаев) is found in Russia more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Yafaev click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Yafaev? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,092,155th most frequently used surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 32,389,093 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 90 percent of Yafaev are found; 86 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 86 percent are found in East Slavic Europe.

The last name is most common in Russia, where it is borne by 204 people, or 1 in 706,486. In Russia it is mostly found in: Bashkortostan Republic, where 68 percent reside, Moscow, where 7 percent reside and Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, where 5 percent reside. Without taking into account Russia this surname is found in 6 countries. It is also common in France, where 4 percent reside and Ukraine, where 3 percent reside.

Yafaev Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the surname is principally Muslim (83%) in Russia.

In The United States those holding the Yafaev last name are 8.67% more likely to be registered with the United Russia Party than the national average, with 38.1% 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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