Yafet Surname

609,110th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 508 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Lebanon

Yafet Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yafet Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2041:868,34737,996
Indonesia1231:1,075,19777,786
Lebanon671:84,1365,493
Cameroon271:769,22554,005
United States241:15,102,456529,929
Papua New Guinea231:354,50947,011
Turkey171:4,577,731104,623
Iraq41:8,755,41423,373
Ethiopia41:24,386,56619,165
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
England11:55,718,059489,080
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Chad11:13,592,19913,092
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Austria11:8,515,435118,036

Yafet (8,295) may also be a first name.

Yafet Last Name Facts

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

Yafet (Marathi: याफेत, Oriya: ଯାେଫତ, Russian: Яфет) is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Yafet.

How Common Is The Last Name Yafet? popularity and diffusion

Yafet is the 609,110th most frequently used surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 14,345,563 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 47 percent of Yafet are found; 46 percent are found in West Africa and 40 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Yafet is also the 69,435th most numerous first name internationally, held by 8,295 people.

This surname is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 204 people, or 1 in 868,347. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Plateau, where 92 percent live, Lagos, where 5 percent live and Nasarawa, where 1 percent live. Apart from Nigeria it is found in 20 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 24 percent live and Lebanon, where 13 percent live.

Yafet Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is primarily Greek Orthodox (92%) in Lebanon.

Yafet earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 31.45% more than the national average, earning $56,719 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
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Yafett9115/
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Yafe891,609/
Yaft8944/
Yafette831/
Yafeh802,896/
Yaffe802,577/
Jafet801,860/
Yafei80699/
Yafit80353/
Yafie80141/
Yafes8039/
Yafhe8027/
Yafee8017/
Yafez8016/
Yafey809/
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Yofet807/
Yafed806/
Yafer806/
Yasfe805/
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Yhafe801/
Yawfe801/
Yahfe801/
Yafeu801/
Yaffee73285/
Jafeth73253/
Jaffet73100/
Yaffie7371/
Jafete7350/
Yaphet7344/
Yaffey7340/
Yaffei7333/
Eyiafe7317/
Jafett7317/
Yafith7311/
Yaffes7310/
Yofete739/
Jafhet734/
Jafeit733/
Yashfe733/
Yafite732/
Japfet732/
Jafeet732/
Yachfe732/
Yafeez732/
Yaifeh731/
Yahafe731/
Yatfei731/
Yafesh731/
Yaffer731/
Yahfed731/
Yaaffe731/
Eyeafe731/
Jafets731/
Jahfet731/
Yaffeu731/
Yafi673,145/
Yafa671,271/
Yofe6774/
Jafe6770/
Iafe6750/
Jaft6727/
Yafeesh6721/
Yawt6716/
Yafy6711/
Jaffett679/
Yoft674/
Jaffets672/
Iaft671/
Yhafeez671/
Eaft671/
Yaffith671/
Yafá671/
Hyafeez671/
Jaffeth671/
Yaffehe671/
Yafitte671/
Jasfett670/

Yafet Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Yafet in the Oriya language
ଯାେଫତyaephata-
Yafet in the Marathi language
याफेतyapheta-
Yafet in the Russian language
Яфетafet-

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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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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Yafet
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