Yafela Surname
Approximately 27 people bear this surname
Yafela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 21 | 1:735,154 | 52,165 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Yafela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yafela Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yafela is held by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yafela? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,798,600th most frequently held family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. Yafela is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Yafela reside; 93 percent reside in Southern Africa and 93 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The last name Yafela is most commonly occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 21 people, or 1 in 735,154. In Zimbabwe Yafela is primarily found in: Manicaland Province, where 95 percent are found and Harare Province, where 5 percent are found. Aside from Zimbabwe this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 15 percent are found and China, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yafla | 91 | 1 | / |
| Yafele | 83 | 699 | / |
| Yafala | 83 | 35 | / |
| Yafola | 83 | 27 | / |
| Yafeli | 83 | 2 | / |
| Yaflah | 83 | 1 | / |
| Yofela | 83 | 1 | / |
| Jafela | 83 | 1 | / |
| Jafella | 77 | 10 | / |
| Yafolla | 77 | 7 | / |
| Yafelih | 77 | 2 | / |
| Yafflah | 77 | 1 | / |
| Jafla | 73 | 24 | / |
| Yaflo | 73 | 3 | / |
| Yofola | 67 | 145 | / |
| Yafolo | 67 | 96 | / |
| Yofala | 67 | 21 | / |
| Jafala | 67 | 12 | / |
| Jafola | 67 | 2 | / |
| Jafila | 67 | 2 | / |
| Yafflo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jafeli | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yaflou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yafile | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yafalo | 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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Yafela
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis