Yafari Surname
Approximately 243 people bear this surname
Yafari Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 212 | 1:348,489 | 30,654 |
| Iran | 8 | 1:9,597,816 | 173,045 |
| Spain | 8 | 1:5,844,004 | 86,878 |
| Benin | 5 | 1:2,067,120 | 68,069 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
Yafari (76) may also be a first name.
Yafari Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yafari Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yafari is held by more people in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yafari? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,035,555th most prevalent surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 29,989,901 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 90 percent of Yafari reside; 87 percent reside in Central Africa and 87 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Yafari is also the 1,107,702nd most prevalent first name in the world, held by 76 people.
The surname Yafari is most frequently occurring in The DR Congo, where it is held by 212 people, or 1 in 348,489. Besides The DR Congo this surname occurs in 10 countries. It is also found in Iran, where 3 percent live and Spain, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yaffari | 92 | 1 | / |
| Yafarie | 92 | 1 | / |
| Yasfari | 92 | 1 | / |
| Jafari | 83 | 455,555 | / |
| Yafara | 83 | 79 | / |
| Yafare | 83 | 27 | / |
| Yafori | 83 | 21 | / |
| Iafari | 83 | 1 | / |
| Yofari | 83 | 1 | / |
| Jaafari | 77 | 13,010 | / |
| Jaffari | 77 | 3,945 | / |
| Jaufari | 77 | 58 | / |
| Jahfari | 77 | 49 | / |
| Jafarie | 77 | 25 | / |
| Jafaari | 77 | 20 | / |
| Yafouri | 77 | 19 | / |
| Ja'fari | 77 | 17 | / |
| Jafarri | 77 | 11 | / |
| Jafarai | 77 | 8 | / |
| Jafaris | 77 | 8 | / |
| Jaâfari | 77 | 4 | / |
| Jafarzi | 77 | 4 | / |
| Yaphari | 77 | 3 | / |
| Jafariy | 77 | 3 | / |
| Jafarii | 77 | 2 | / |
| Jafarid | 77 | 2 | / |
| Jafarei | 77 | 2 | / |
| Jafarih | 77 | 1 | / |
| Jafhari | 77 | 1 | / |
| Yafaire | 77 | 1 | / |
| Yaforyi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Yhaferi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Jeafari | 77 | 1 | / |
| Jafarij | 77 | 1 | / |
| Hjafari | 77 | 1 | / |
| Jafahri | 77 | 1 | / |
| Jafaryi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Jafeari | 77 | 1 | / |
| Jhafari | 77 | 1 | / |
| Jjafari | 77 | 1 | / |
| Jafarzai | 71 | 157 | / |
| Jafarieh | 71 | 40 | / |
| Jijafari | 71 | 7 | / |
| Ja'afari | 71 | 7 | / |
| Yaafouri | 71 | 7 | / |
| Jaffarii | 71 | 4 | / |
| Jahafari | 71 | 4 | / |
| Jaffarie | 71 | 3 | / |
| Jaffarri | 71 | 1 | / |
| Jaffairi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Jaffaryi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Jashfari | 71 | 1 | / |
| Jafarich | 71 | 1 | / |
| Jhaffari | 71 | 1 | / |
| Jafary | 67 | 2,764 | / |
| Jaferi | 67 | 635 | / |
| Jafara | 67 | 258 | / |
| Jafare | 67 | 146 | / |
| Iafare | 67 | 92 | / |
| Jofari | 67 | 72 | / |
| Yafora | 67 | 21 | / |
| Ejjaafari | 67 | 9 | / |
| Hajjafari | 67 | 6 | / |
| Jafori | 67 | 6 | / |
| Jaffaarie | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ajjaafari | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yafourish | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yafere | 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 Yafari
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