Yafolo Surname

1,894,523rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 96 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ivory Coast
Highest density in:
Ivory Coast

Yafolo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Yafolo Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ivory Coast481:480,65115,491
DR Congo411:1,801,94195,514
Congo41:1,247,27420,238
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Yafolo (1,463) may also be a first name.

Yafolo Last Name Facts

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

The surname Yafolo is more commonly found in The Ivory Coast than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Yafolo? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,894,523rd most frequently used surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 75,911,937 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Yafolo live; 48 percent live in Central Africa and 47 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Yafolo is also the 203,712th most frequently occurring first name at a global level It is held by 1,463 people.

This last name is most numerous in The Ivory Coast, where it is carried by 48 people, or 1 in 480,651. In The Ivory Coast Yafolo is most common in: Savanes District, where 67 percent are found, Vallée du Bandama District, where 19 percent are found and Abidjan Autonomous District, where 10 percent are found. Other than The Ivory Coast this last name is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 43 percent are found and The Congo, where 4 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yaffolo929/
Yafoulo922/
Yafoloh921/
Yafollo921/
Jafolo83105/
Yafola8327/
Yafalo831/
Iafollo7711/
Yafolla777/
Yafalou776/
Iafoloa771/
Ayeafola711/
Yofola67145/
Yafala6735/
Yafela6727/
Yafula674/
Jofolo673/
Jafola672/
Jafulo671/
Jafalo671/
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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 Yafolo
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