Yafika Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Yafika Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yafika Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania41:13,235,40384,310
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Yafika (348) may also be a first name.

Yafika Last Name Facts

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

The last name Yafika is most common in Tanzania. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Yafika? popularity and diffusion

Yafika is the 7,593,402nd most prevalent family name globally It is held by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 83 percent of Yafika live; 67 percent live in East Africa and 67 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Yafika is also the 467,354th most commonly occurring given name at a global level It is held by 348 people.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 13,235,403. In Tanzania Yafika is most numerous in: Tabora Region, where 100 percent are found. Barring Tanzania this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 17 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 17 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yasfika9231/
Yafuka8327/
Yofika835/
Jafika831/
Jafuka672/
Jafiki671/
Jofika671/
Yafeke671/
Yafiqe671/
Yafico671/
Yafechi621/
Yafeker621/
Yafuco5012/
Jofike5011/

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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 Yafika
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis