Yafeni Surname
Approximately 49 people bear this surname
Yafeni Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 46 | 1:3,850,930 | 110,272 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
Yafeni (136) may also be a first name.
Yafeni Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yafeni Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yafeni is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yafeni? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,776,799th most widespread family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 148,725,427 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Yafeni are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 94 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Yafeni is also the 794,286th most frequently occurring first name at a global level, borne by 136 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 46 people, or 1 in 3,850,930. In Nigeria Yafeni is mostly found in: Bauchi, where 89 percent live, Adamawa, where 2 percent live and Gombe, where 2 percent live. Barring Nigeria this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Cameroon, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yafene | 83 | 27 | / |
| Yafini | 83 | 7 | / |
| Yofeni | 83 | 6 | / |
| Jafeni | 83 | 2 | / |
| Yafiene | 77 | 6 | / |
| Yahfene | 77 | 3 | / |
| Jhafeni | 77 | 1 | / |
| Yahfiene | 71 | 1 | / |
| Yafine | 67 | 269 | / |
| Yofena | 67 | 17 | / |
| Jofeni | 67 | 8 | / |
| Iafene | 67 | 7 | / |
| Yaphetnoi | 67 | 4 | / |
| Yahfine | 62 | 1 | / |
| Jaffini | 62 | 1 | / |
| Yafuina | 62 | 1 | / |
| Yafinet | 62 | 1 | / |
| Yaffine | 62 | 1 | / |
| Hyafine | 62 | 1 | / |
| Jaffena | 62 | 1 | / |
| Jaffeny | 62 | 0 | / |
| Yachfine | 57 | 17 | / |
| Ejjafini | 57 | 10 | / |
| Youffini | 57 | 1 | / |
| Jgaffeny | 57 | 0 | / |
| Yahfinaja | 53 | 3 | / |
| Jafine | 50 | 168 | / |
| Yofine | 50 | 36 | / |
| Iafine | 50 | 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 Yafeni
- 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