Yafo Surname
Approximately 294 people bear this surname
Yafo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 123 | 1:168,854 | 18,087 |
| Papua New Guinea | 75 | 1:108,716 | 14,715 |
| DR Congo | 68 | 1:1,086,464 | 68,260 |
| Iraq | 16 | 1:2,188,853 | 19,343 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
Yafo (180) may also be a first name.
Yafo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yafo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yafo occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Yafo? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 906,170th most widely held surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 24,787,571 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 67 percent of Yafo reside; 62 percent reside in Central Africa and 38 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Yafo is also the 679,247th most commonly used first name world-wide, held by 180 people.
It is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is borne by 123 people, or 1 in 168,854. In Cameroon Yafo is most numerous in: Adamawa Region, where 56 percent are found, East Region, where 33 percent are found and North Region, where 8 percent are found. Not including Cameroon Yafo occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 26 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 23 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yafou | 89 | 124 | / |
| Yaffo | 89 | 84 | / |
| Yafoo | 89 | 8 | / |
| Yafot | 89 | 1 | / |
| Yahfo | 89 | 1 | / |
| Yafoy | 89 | 1 | / |
| Yafoa | 89 | 1 | / |
| Yaafo | 89 | 1 | / |
| Yafuo | 89 | 1 | / |
| Yafoz | 89 | 1 | / |
| Yafout | 80 | 550 | / |
| Yaffou | 80 | 20 | / |
| Yafoos | 80 | 2 | / |
| Yaffoh | 80 | 1 | / |
| Eyiafo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Yafous | 80 | 1 | / |
| Yafood | 80 | 1 | / |
| Yapfoo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Yaafoh | 80 | 1 | / |
| Yafa | 75 | 1,271 | / |
| Jafo | 75 | 56 | / |
| Yofo | 75 | 21 | / |
| Eafo | 75 | 4 | / |
| Iafo | 75 | 3 | / |
| Yafá | 75 | 1 | / |
| Yatfouh | 73 | 4 | / |
| Yadfout | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yafoush | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yaffa | 67 | 4,940 | / |
| Yoffo | 67 | 742 | / |
| Yafat | 67 | 132 | / |
| Yasfa | 67 | 77 | / |
| Yafad | 67 | 66 | / |
| Yafah | 67 | 31 | / |
| Yafas | 67 | 22 | / |
| Jaffo | 67 | 20 | / |
| Yavoh | 67 | 19 | / |
| Yapho | 67 | 14 | / |
| Jafou | 67 | 14 | / |
| Yafaa | 67 | 10 | / |
| Yaafa | 67 | 9 | / |
| Yafaz | 67 | 5 | / |
| Jafoo | 67 | 5 | / |
| Jaafo | 67 | 4 | / |
| Jayfo | 67 | 3 | / |
| Yofos | 67 | 3 | / |
| Jasfo | 67 | 3 | / |
| Yoofo | 67 | 3 | / |
| Yofou | 67 | 2 | / |
| Yafha | 67 | 2 | / |
| Yahfa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Jafoh | 67 | 2 | / |
| Jaufo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jiafo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yapfa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yafeu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yazfa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jafos | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yiofo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yiafa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jhafo | 67 | 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 Yafo
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