Yafou Surname

1,620,164th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 124 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Yafou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yafou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon1191:174,53018,525
France11:66,422,722504,397
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

Yafou (43) may also be a first name.

Yafou Last Name Facts

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

The surname Yafou is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Yafou? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,620,164th most commonly used surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 58,770,532 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Yafou are found; 93 percent are found in Central Africa and 91 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,545,828th most common first name throughout the world, borne by 43 people.

The last name Yafou is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 119 people, or 1 in 174,530. In Cameroon Yafou is mostly concentrated in: West Region, where 80 percent are found, Littoral Region, where 13 percent are found and Far North Region, where 3 percent are found. Other than Cameroon this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also common in France, where 1 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Eyiafo731/
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Jafous731/
Yaffoh731/
Yafuji731/
Yawfui731/
Yafa671,271/
Yofu671,034/
Jafu671,028/
Jafo6756/
Yofo6721/
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Yashfau673/
Ajiafou671/
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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 Yafou
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