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 has its highest incidence in Malawi. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yafete? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 899,940th most numerous surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 24,537,192 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Yafete are found; 54 percent are found in Southern Africa and 54 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 466,636th most frequently held given name throughout the world It is held by 349 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Malawi, where it is carried by 157 people, or 1 in 109,039. Not including Malawi Yafete exists in 3 countries. It also occurs 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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