Yafas Surname

4,206,983rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 22 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Yafas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yafas Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea171:479,63060,627
Pakistan31:59,547,962132,569
India21:383,532,6911,645,216

Yafas (145) may also be a first name.

Yafas Last Name Facts

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

Yafas (Marathi: यफस) is more frequently found in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Yafas? popularity and diffusion

Yafas is the 4,206,983rd most widespread last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 331,252,087 people. It is mostly found in Oceania, where 77 percent of Yafas are found; 77 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 77 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 766,399th most frequent forename throughout the world, held by 145 people.

The last name Yafas is most frequent in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 17 people, or 1 in 479,630. In Papua New Guinea it is most common in: Western, where 100 percent reside. Aside from Papua New Guinea Yafas exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Pakistan, where 14 percent reside and India, where 9 percent reside.

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Yafas Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Yafas in the Marathi language
यफसyaphasa-

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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
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  • 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 Yafas
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