Yafit Surname
Approximately 353 people bear this surname
Yafit Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 307 | 1:112,300 | 19,480 |
| Papua New Guinea | 13 | 1:627,209 | 74,307 |
| Argentina | 10 | 1:4,274,341 | 152,056 |
| United States | 8 | 1:45,307,367 | 917,113 |
| Israel | 7 | 1:1,222,519 | 68,299 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
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 found most frequently in Morocco. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yafit? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 796,486th most widely held last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 20,644,606 people. The last name Yafit is primarily found in Africa, where 88 percent of Yafit live; 87 percent live in North Africa and 87 percent live in Mahgreb. Yafit is also the 99,968th most frequent first name globally. It is borne by 4,696 people.
The last name Yafit is most frequently used in Morocco, where it is held by 307 people, or 1 in 112,300. Outside of Morocco this surname exists in 10 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 4 percent live and Argentina, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yafith | 91 | 11 | / |
| Yafite | 91 | 2 | / |
| Yafiet | 91 | 1 | / |
| Yafi | 89 | 3,145 | / |
| Yafitte | 83 | 1 | / |
| Yaffith | 83 | 1 | / |
| Yafai | 80 | 2,228 | / |
| Yafei | 80 | 699 | / |
| Yafet | 80 | 508 | / |
| Jafit | 80 | 270 | / |
| Yasfi | 80 | 252 | / |
| Yafie | 80 | 141 | / |
| Yafis | 80 | 125 | / |
| Yaffi | 80 | 96 | / |
| Yafid | 80 | 51 | / |
| Yafiz | 80 | 43 | / |
| Yafio | 80 | 30 | / |
| Yofit | 80 | 20 | / |
| Yafii | 80 | 19 | / |
| Yazfi | 80 | 19 | / |
| Yaafi | 80 | 17 | / |
| Yahfi | 80 | 7 | / |
| Yafih | 80 | 1 | / |
| Yafij | 80 | 1 | / |
| Yafiy | 80 | 1 | / |
| Yafitova | 77 | 4 | / |
| Yafete | 73 | 297 | / |
| Yaffie | 73 | 71 | / |
| Jaffit | 73 | 40 | / |
| Yaffei | 73 | 33 | / |
| Yaffai | 73 | 26 | / |
| Yafett | 73 | 15 | / |
| Jhafit | 73 | 13 | / |
| Yofith | 73 | 9 | / |
| Yahafi | 73 | 6 | / |
| Yaffet | 73 | 4 | / |
| Jafeit | 73 | 3 | / |
| Yaoufi | 73 | 2 | / |
| Yafaai | 73 | 2 | / |
| Yaafis | 73 | 2 | / |
| Aiyafi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hyafij | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yashfi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yatfai | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yatfei | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yawfui | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yaafai | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yafets | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yafish | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yassfi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yahfid | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yaafiy | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yafe | 67 | 1,609 | / |
| Yafa | 67 | 1,271 | / |
| Jafi | 67 | 1,190 | / |
| Yofi | 67 | 225 | / |
| Yafy | 67 | 11 | / |
| Hayyafi | 67 | 9 | / |
| Jafaith | 67 | 7 | / |
| Eafi | 67 | 6 | / |
| Yahfaai | 67 | 3 | / |
| Yafá | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yaafaiz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yafette | 67 | 1 | / |
Yafit Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yafit in the Arabic language | ||
| يافت | yaft | - |
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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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- 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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