Yafit Surname

796,486th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 353 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Morocco
Highest density in:
Morocco

Yafit Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yafit Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Morocco3071:112,30019,480
Papua New Guinea131:627,20974,307
Argentina101:4,274,341152,056
United States81:45,307,367917,113
Israel71:1,222,51968,299
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436

Yafit (4,696) may also be a first name.

Yafit Last Name Facts

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

Yafit (Arabic: يافت) is more frequently found in Morocco than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Yafit? popularity and diffusion

Yafit is the 796,486th most commonly occurring family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 20,644,606 people. The surname Yafit occurs mostly in Africa, where 88 percent of Yafit reside; 87 percent reside in North Africa and 87 percent reside in Mahgreb. Yafit is also the 99,968th most widely held first name internationally, held by 4,696 people.

Yafit is most commonly used in Morocco, where it is borne by 307 people, or 1 in 112,300. Outside of Morocco this surname exists in 10 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 4 percent live and Argentina, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yafith9111/
Yafite912/
Yafiet911/
Yafi893,145/
Yafitte831/
Yaffith831/
Yafai802,228/
Yafei80699/
Yafet80508/
Jafit80270/
Yasfi80252/
Yafie80141/
Yafis80125/
Yaffi8096/
Yafid8051/
Yafiz8043/
Yafio8030/
Yofit8020/
Yafii8019/
Yazfi8019/
Yaafi8017/
Yahfi807/
Yafih801/
Yafij801/
Yafiy801/
Yafitova774/
Yafete73297/
Yaffie7371/
Jaffit7340/
Yaffei7333/
Yaffai7326/
Yafett7315/
Jhafit7313/
Yofith739/
Yahafi736/
Yaffet734/
Jafeit733/
Yaoufi732/
Yafaai732/
Yaafis732/
Aiyafi731/
Hyafij731/
Yashfi731/
Yatfai731/
Yatfei731/
Yawfui731/
Yaafai731/
Yafets731/
Yafish731/
Yassfi731/
Yahfid731/
Yaafiy731/
Yafe671,609/
Yafa671,271/
Jafi671,190/
Yofi67225/
Yafy6711/
Hayyafi679/
Jafaith677/
Eafi676/
Yahfaai673/
Yafá671/
Yaafaiz671/
Yafette671/

Yafit Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Yafit in the Arabic language
يافتyaft-

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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 Yafit
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