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 is more commonly found in Chad than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yafia? popularity and diffusion
Yafia is the 384,027th most commonly held surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 7,869,920 people. The surname Yafia occurs mostly 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 commonly occurring first name throughout the world, held by 203 people.
The last name Yafia is most numerous in Chad, where it is borne by 674 people, or 1 in 20,166. Aside from Chad it is found in 14 countries. It is also common in Morocco, where 15 percent live and Cameroon, where 7 percent live.
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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