Yafe Surname

247,201st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,609 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Yafe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yafe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo1,2931:57,1386,837
Cameroon1301:159,76217,345
Indonesia661:2,003,776125,554
Papua New Guinea321:254,80434,943
Israel211:407,50632,346
Uruguay151:228,78417,372
Nigeria101:17,714,276277,641
Turkey81:9,727,678134,647
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Argentina51:8,548,683204,003
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Syria41:4,825,25612,827
Congo21:2,494,54828,763
Benin21:5,167,80184,334
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

Yafe (409) may also be a first name.

Yafe Last Name Facts

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

Yafe (Russian: Яфе) occurs more in The DR Congo more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Yafe? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 247,201st most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,529,239 people. Yafe occurs mostly in Africa, where 90 percent of Yafe live; 89 percent live in Central Africa and 89 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Yafe is also the 426,190th most prevalent first name in the world, borne by 409 people.

The surname Yafe is most commonly held in The DR Congo, where it is held by 1,293 people, or 1 in 57,138. Not including The DR Congo Yafe is found in 20 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 8 percent are found and Indonesia, where 4 percent are found.

Yafe Last Name Statistics demography

Yafe earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 9.71% less than the national average, earning $38,958 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Yaffe892,577/
Yafei89699/
Yafet89508/
Yafie89141/
Yafes8939/
Yafhe8927/
Yafee8917/
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Yaaffe801/
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Yafi753,145/
Yafa751,271/
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Yafeesh7321/
Hyafeez731/
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Jafer6712,310/
Jaffe6711,728/
Yaffa674,940/
Yafai672,228/
Jafet671,860/
Yoffe671,162/
Yafit67353/
Ayyaf67278/
Yasfi67252/
Jafei67238/
Yaphe67164/
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Yazfi6719/
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Yofee6719/
Yaafi6717/
Yaffy6715/
Iaffe6713/
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Yosfe6710/
Yaafa679/
Yaffé679/
Yahfi677/
Joyfe677/
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Yahve677/
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Yofer672/
Jaife672/
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Geafe671/
Yaoof671/
Yafih671/
Yafij671/
Yafiy671/
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Yofeh671/
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Yasdf671/
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Yaeew671/
Jafhe671/
Eaffe670/

Yafe Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Yafe in the Russian language
Яфеafe-

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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 Yafe
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