Yafia Surname
Approximately 926 people bear this surname
Yafia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chad | 674 | 1:20,166 | 2,465 |
| Morocco | 136 | 1:253,501 | 42,794 |
| Cameroon | 65 | 1:319,524 | 29,358 |
| Iraq | 37 | 1:946,531 | 12,381 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Yafia (203) may also be a first name.
Yafia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yafia Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yafia occurs most in Chad. It can also appear as:. For other possible spellings of Yafia click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yafia? popularity and diffusion
The last name Yafia is the 384,027th most frequent family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 7,869,920 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 95 percent of Yafia reside; 78 percent reside in West Africa and 75 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 635,584th most frequently occurring given name in the world It is held by 203 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Chad, where it is carried by 674 people, or 1 in 20,166. Excluding Chad it is found in 14 countries. It also occurs in Morocco, where 15 percent are found and Cameroon, where 7 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yafiah | 91 | 4 | / |
| Yafias | 91 | 3 | / |
| Yahfia | 91 | 1 | / |
| Yafiaa | 91 | 1 | / |
| Oyeafia | 83 | 7 | / |
| Jafia | 80 | 52 | / |
| Yafio | 80 | 30 | / |
| Yofia | 80 | 8 | / |
| Eafia | 80 | 7 | / |
| Ijafia | 73 | 48 | / |
| Jafiha | 73 | 2 | / |
| Yafeay | 73 | 1 | / |
| Jafija | 73 | 1 | / |
| Jafiah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ajiafia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Iofia | 60 | 9 | / |
| Jofia | 60 | 2 | / |
| Jáfia | 60 | 2 | / |
| Jafea | 60 | 2 | / |
| Eafea | 60 | 1 | / |
| Yaphio | 55 | 27 | / |
| Japhia | 55 | 24 | / |
| Joffia | 55 | 2 | / |
| Jafjah | 55 | 1 | / |
| Javiah | 55 | 1 | / |
| Jofiah | 55 | 1 | / |
| Jafios | 55 | 1 | / |
| Joufia | 55 | 1 | / |
| Jofias | 55 | 1 | / |
| Jafyha | 55 | 1 | / |
| Jahphia | 50 | 1 | / |
| Jaiphia | 50 | 1 | / |
| Uyiofio | 50 | 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
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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 Yafia
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