Yafete Surname
Approximately 297 people bear this surname
Yafete Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 157 | 1:109,039 | 12,664 |
| DR Congo | 137 | 1:539,267 | 42,095 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
Yafete (349) may also be a first name.
Yafete Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yafete Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yafete occurs in Malawi more than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Yafete.
How Common Is The Last Name Yafete? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 899,940th most prevalent family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 24,537,192 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Yafete reside; 54 percent reside in Southern Africa and 54 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Yafete is also the 466,636th most frequently held first name at a global level, borne by 349 people.
Yafete is most widespread in Malawi, where it is carried by 157 people, or 1 in 109,039. Barring Malawi this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 46 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yafette | 92 | 1 | / |
| Yafet | 91 | 508 | / |
| Yafeti | 83 | 383 | / |
| Yafeta | 83 | 57 | / |
| Jafete | 83 | 50 | / |
| Yafate | 83 | 27 | / |
| Yafteh | 83 | 15 | / |
| Yafett | 83 | 15 | / |
| Yofete | 83 | 9 | / |
| Yaffet | 83 | 4 | / |
| Yafite | 83 | 2 | / |
| Yafets | 83 | 1 | / |
| Yafiet | 83 | 1 | / |
| Yaft | 80 | 44 | / |
| Yafitte | 77 | 1 | / |
| Yafethi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Jafet | 73 | 1,860 | / |
| Yafta | 73 | 405 | / |
| Yafit | 73 | 353 | / |
| Yavte | 73 | 118 | / |
| Yofet | 73 | 7 | / |
| Yafed | 73 | 6 | / |
| Yafti | 73 | 2 | / |
| Jafte | 73 | 2 | / |
| Yafth | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yawte | 73 | 1 | / |
| Jafeta | 67 | 926 | / |
| Jafeti | 67 | 635 | / |
| Jafeth | 67 | 253 | / |
| Jafter | 67 | 146 | / |
| Iafeta | 67 | 101 | / |
| Jaffet | 67 | 100 | / |
| Yaphet | 67 | 44 | / |
| Yafita | 67 | 26 | / |
| Yofeti | 67 | 22 | / |
| Jafett | 67 | 17 | / |
| Yafith | 67 | 11 | / |
| Jafeed | 67 | 11 | / |
| Jafhet | 67 | 4 | / |
| Jafate | 67 | 4 | / |
| Jafeit | 67 | 3 | / |
| Japfet | 67 | 2 | / |
| Jafeet | 67 | 2 | / |
| Jofete | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yawtey | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yahfed | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jafets | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jaffether | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jaftes | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jahfet | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jaffte | 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 Yafete
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