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

Yaffet occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Yaffet.

How Common Is The Last Name Yaffet? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 8,968,613th most frequently held surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name Yaffet is mostly found in Africa, where 75 percent of Yaffet live; 25 percent live in Central Africa and 25 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,994,417th most prevalent first name worldwide, held by 28 people.

The surname Yaffet is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is borne by 1 people, or 1 in 20,769,068. In Cameroon it is primarily concentrated in: Littoral Region, where 100 percent reside. Outside of Cameroon it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 25 percent reside and Malawi, where 25 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yaffe912,577/
Yafet91508/
Yafete83297/
Yaffee83285/
Jaffet83100/
Yaffie8371/
Yaffey8340/
Yaffei8333/
Yafett8315/
Yaffes8310/
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/
Yafey739/
Yafea739/
Yaffé739/
Yofet737/
Yafed736/
Yafer736/
Yasfe735/
Yaafe732/
Yawfe731/
Yafeu731/
Yafth731/
Yahfe731/
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
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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 Yaffet
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