Yaffet Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Malawi

Yaffet Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yaffet Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382

Yaffet (28) may also be a first name.

Yaffet Last Name Facts

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

The last name Yaffet has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Yaffet? popularity and diffusion

Yaffet is the 8,968,613th most widespread surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname Yaffet occurs predominantly in Africa, where 75 percent of Yaffet reside; 25 percent reside in Central Africa and 25 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,994,417th most frequently held first name at a global level, held by 28 people.

This surname is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is carried by 1 people, or 1 in 20,769,068. In Cameroon Yaffet is most common in: Littoral Region, where 100 percent are found. Beside Cameroon this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 25 percent are found and Malawi, where 25 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yaffe912,577/
Yafet91508/
Yafete83297/
Yaffee83285/
Jaffet83100/
Yaffie8371/
Yaffey8340/
Yaffei8333/
Yafett8315/
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Yaffer831/
Yaaffe831/
Yaffeu831/
Yafiet831/
Yafets831/
Yafe801,609/
Yaft8044/
Jaffett779/
Jaffets772/
Yaffehe771/
Yaffith771/
Jaffeth771/
Yafette771/
Jaffe7311,728/
Yaffa734,940/
Yafeh732,896/
Jafet731,860/
Yoffe731,162/
Yafei73699/
Yafit73353/
Yafie73141/
Yaffi7396/
Yafes7339/
Yafhe7327/
Yafee7317/
Yafez7316/
Yaffy7315/
Iaffe7313/
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Yafea739/
Yaffé739/
Yofet737/
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Yafer736/
Yasfe735/
Yaafe732/
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Yafeu731/
Yafth731/
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Yhafe731/
Jafft731/
Eaffe730/
Jaffer6760,675/
Jaffee671,377/
Jafeth67253/
Jaffey67171/
Yoffee67168/
Yoffie67155/
Jaffie67110/
Iaffei6757/
Jafete6750/
Joffet6746/
Yaphet6744/
Jaffit6740/
Yaffai6726/
Yoffey6722/
Jaffei6718/
Eyiafe6717/
Jafett6717/
Yoffer6713/
Yafith6711/
Yiaffa6711/
Yofete679/
Yahffa675/
Jafhet674/
Yashfe673/
Jafeit673/
Yachfe672/
Yafeez672/
Japfet672/
Jafeet672/
Yafite672/
Yoffes672/
Jafets671/
Yahfed671/
Jaffeu671/
Jaffte671/
Eyeafe671/
Eaffee671/
Yafesh671/
Jahfet671/
Yahafe671/
Yaifeh671/
Jaffeh671/
Yatfei671/
Jaaffe670/

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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 Yaffet
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