Yafah Surname
Approximately 31 people bear this surname
Yafah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 16 | 1:1,298,067 | 76,941 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Liberia | 7 | 1:629,791 | 27,063 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
Yafah (26) may also be a first name.
Yafah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yafah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yafah is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yafah? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,543,123rd most common family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 235,082,126 people. The surname Yafah occurs mostly in Africa, where 77 percent of Yafah are found; 48 percent are found in West Africa and 26 percent are found in Adamawa-Ubangian Africa. Yafah is also the 2,084,397th most widespread first name at a global level, held by 26 people.
This last name is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 16 people, or 1 in 1,298,067. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: Far North Region, where 50 percent are found, North Region, where 44 percent are found and Centre Region, where 6 percent are found. Without taking into account Cameroon this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 23 percent are found and Liberia, where 23 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yaufah | 91 | 17 | / |
| Yasfah | 91 | 2 | / |
| Yaffah | 91 | 1 | / |
| Yafaha | 91 | 1 | / |
| Yafa | 89 | 1,271 | / |
| Yaffa | 80 | 4,940 | / |
| Yafai | 80 | 2,228 | / |
| Yafat | 80 | 132 | / |
| Yafay | 80 | 96 | / |
| Yasfa | 80 | 77 | / |
| Yafad | 80 | 66 | / |
| Jafah | 80 | 47 | / |
| Yafas | 80 | 22 | / |
| Yafaa | 80 | 10 | / |
| Yafea | 80 | 9 | / |
| Yaafa | 80 | 9 | / |
| Yafaz | 80 | 5 | / |
| Yavah | 80 | 3 | / |
| Yafha | 80 | 2 | / |
| Yahfa | 80 | 2 | / |
| Yiafa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Yafoa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Yapfa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Yazfa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Yashfa | 73 | 56 | / |
| Jaffah | 73 | 28 | / |
| Yaffai | 73 | 26 | / |
| Jafahu | 73 | 24 | / |
| Yahvah | 73 | 20 | / |
| Yiaffa | 73 | 11 | / |
| Aiyafa | 73 | 9 | / |
| Jaafah | 73 | 7 | / |
| Oiyafa | 73 | 5 | / |
| Yoafay | 73 | 5 | / |
| Yahffa | 73 | 5 | / |
| Yasfaa | 73 | 3 | / |
| Jahfah | 73 | 2 | / |
| Yafhat | 73 | 2 | / |
| Yafaai | 73 | 2 | / |
| Yatfat | 73 | 1 | / |
| Jjyafa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yahyfa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yafast | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yahfad | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yiafas | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yaafoh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Jhafah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Jafash | 73 | 1 | / |
| Jafach | 73 | 1 | / |
| Jafaah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yaffoh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yaafai | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yatfai | 73 | 1 | / |
| Jyafat | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yahafa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Jafa | 67 | 584 | / |
| Yafo | 67 | 294 | / |
| Yofa | 67 | 47 | / |
| Eafa | 67 | 5 | / |
| Yatfouh | 67 | 4 | / |
| Yahfaai | 67 | 3 | / |
| Yashfau | 67 | 3 | / |
| Yafoush | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yaphahu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yaafaiz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jahfash | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jafahat | 67 | 1 | / |
| Iafa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yafá | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yashfaa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yiaffas | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ja'afah | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Yafah
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