Yafon Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Yafon Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 16 | 1:509,607 | 63,542 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
Yafon (64) may also be a first name.
Yafon Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yafon Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yafon occurs more in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yafon? popularity and diffusion
Yafon is the 4,772,636th most frequently occurring last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. The last name is mostly found in Oceania, where 94 percent of Yafon are found; 94 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 94 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,223,525th most widespread first name on earth It is held by 64 people.
Yafon is most commonly held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 16 people, or 1 in 509,607. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly concentrated in: Morobe, where 56 percent are found, East Sepik, where 38 percent are found and West Sepik, where 6 percent are found. Outside of Papua New Guinea this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Afghanistan, where 6 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yafong | 91 | 266 | / |
| Yaffon | 91 | 16 | / |
| Yafone | 91 | 8 | / |
| Yadfon | 91 | 1 | / |
| Yafoon | 91 | 1 | / |
| Yaffoun | 83 | 1 | / |
| Yafoune | 83 | 1 | / |
| Yawfoon | 83 | 1 | / |
| Yatfong | 83 | 1 | / |
| Yafan | 80 | 311 | / |
| Yafun | 80 | 82 | / |
| Jafon | 80 | 9 | / |
| Yofon | 80 | 6 | / |
| Eafon | 80 | 6 | / |
| Iafon | 80 | 2 | / |
| Yafom | 80 | 1 | / |
| Yatfoong | 77 | 27 | / |
| Yadfoong | 77 | 1 | / |
| Jafoun | 73 | 90 | / |
| Yafang | 73 | 23 | / |
| Jaffon | 73 | 21 | / |
| Yaphon | 73 | 19 | / |
| Yafand | 73 | 11 | / |
| Yafune | 73 | 5 | / |
| Yafhan | 73 | 5 | / |
| Yafant | 73 | 5 | / |
| Yafaan | 73 | 2 | / |
| Yasfan | 73 | 2 | / |
| Yafane | 73 | 2 | / |
| Yafoum | 73 | 2 | / |
| Yatfan | 73 | 2 | / |
| Jaifon | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yafung | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yafeun | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yofone | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yafuin | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hyafan | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yathfoong | 71 | 1 | / |
| Yafoungue | 71 | 1 | / |
| Yaphong | 67 | 74 | / |
| Jaifong | 67 | 22 | / |
| Yatfung | 67 | 11 | / |
| Yaffoum | 67 | 8 | / |
| Yadfung | 67 | 4 | / |
| Yapfung | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aayafun | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yahfane | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yafanne | 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 Yafon
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