Yafes Surname
Approximately 39 people bear this surname
Yafes Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 36 | 1:2,161,706 | 72,332 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Yafes (945) may also be a first name.
Yafes Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yafes Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yafes is carried by more people in Turkey than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Yafes.
How Common Is The Last Name Yafes? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,141,416th most widespread surname in the world, held by around 1 in 186,860,152 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 85 percent of Yafes live; 85 percent live in West Asia and 85 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands. It is also the 262,830th most commonly held first name globally. It is borne by 945 people.
Yafes is most commonly used in Turkey, where it is borne by 36 people, or 1 in 2,161,706. In Turkey it is primarily concentrated in: Konya Province, where 81 percent reside, Kocaeli Province, where 8 percent reside and Tekirdag Province, where 6 percent reside. Excluding Turkey it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 3 percent reside and Bulgaria, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yafies | 91 | 11 | / |
| Yaffes | 91 | 10 | / |
| Yafets | 91 | 1 | / |
| Yafesh | 91 | 1 | / |
| Yafe | 89 | 1,609 | / |
| Yafeesh | 83 | 21 | / |
| Yaffies | 83 | 14 | / |
| Yafeh | 80 | 2,896 | / |
| Yaffe | 80 | 2,577 | / |
| Yafei | 80 | 699 | / |
| Yafet | 80 | 508 | / |
| Jafes | 80 | 147 | / |
| Yafie | 80 | 141 | / |
| Yafis | 80 | 125 | / |
| Yafhe | 80 | 27 | / |
| Yafee | 80 | 17 | / |
| Yafez | 80 | 16 | / |
| Yafea | 80 | 9 | / |
| Yafey | 80 | 9 | / |
| Yafed | 80 | 6 | / |
| Yafer | 80 | 6 | / |
| Yasfe | 80 | 5 | / |
| Yofes | 80 | 3 | / |
| Yaafe | 80 | 2 | / |
| Yahfe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Eafes | 80 | 1 | / |
| Yawfe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Yhafe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Yafeu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Yafesova | 77 | 4 | / |
| Yaffee | 73 | 285 | / |
| Yaffie | 73 | 71 | / |
| Yaffey | 73 | 40 | / |
| Yaffei | 73 | 33 | / |
| Eyiafe | 73 | 17 | / |
| Yafett | 73 | 15 | / |
| Giafes | 73 | 9 | / |
| Jafees | 73 | 7 | / |
| Yaffet | 73 | 4 | / |
| Yashfe | 73 | 3 | / |
| Yoffes | 73 | 2 | / |
| Yachfe | 73 | 2 | / |
| Yafeez | 73 | 2 | / |
| Yaafis | 73 | 2 | / |
| Jaafes | 73 | 1 | / |
| Eyeafe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yahafe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yaifeh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yaffeu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yasfse | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yaaffe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yahfed | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yafish | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yafiez | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yaffer | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yatfei | 73 | 1 | / |
| Jafies | 73 | 1 | / |
| Jafets | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yafi | 67 | 3,145 | / |
| Yafa | 67 | 1,271 | / |
| Yaws | 67 | 332 | / |
| Yabs | 67 | 326 | / |
| Yofe | 67 | 74 | / |
| Jafe | 67 | 70 | / |
| Iafe | 67 | 50 | / |
| Jaffess | 67 | 46 | / |
| Jafs | 67 | 16 | / |
| Yafy | 67 | 11 | / |
| Jafeesh | 67 | 6 | / |
| Jaffets | 67 | 2 | / |
| Giaffes | 67 | 2 | / |
| Yofs | 67 | 2 | / |
| Yaffehe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hyafeez | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yafá | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yavs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yhafeez | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eafs | 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 Yafes
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