Yafour Surname
Approximately 939 people bear this surname
Yafour Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Syria | 872 | 1:22,134 | 1,586 |
| United Arab Emirates | 57 | 1:160,742 | 11,909 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Yemen | 4 | 1:6,606,324 | 25,896 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
Yafour (2,076) may also be a first name.
Yafour Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yafour Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yafour occurs in Syria more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yafour? popularity and diffusion
Yafour is the 379,929th most commonly held surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 7,760,965 people. The last name Yafour is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Yafour are found; 99 percent are found in West Asia and 93 percent are found in Levant. Yafour is also the 165,415th most commonly used given name in the world It is held by 2,076 people.
Yafour is most widespread in Syria, where it is borne by 872 people, or 1 in 22,134. In Syria it is mostly concentrated in: Rif Dimashq Governorate, where 100 percent reside. Beside Syria Yafour exists in 4 countries. It is also common in The United Arab Emirates, where 6 percent reside and Algeria, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yaafour | 92 | 138 | / |
| Yafur | 91 | 61 | / |
| Yafor | 91 | 22 | / |
| Jafour | 83 | 554 | / |
| Yasfur | 83 | 14 | / |
| Hyafur | 83 | 7 | / |
| Yafoor | 83 | 3 | / |
| Yaford | 83 | 1 | / |
| Yaafor | 83 | 1 | / |
| Jaafour | 77 | 548 | / |
| Jaffour | 77 | 3 | / |
| Ayeafor | 77 | 1 | / |
| Yatford | 77 | 0 | / |
| Jafor | 73 | 3,968 | / |
| Yafar | 73 | 445 | / |
| Jafur | 73 | 58 | / |
| Yofor | 73 | 12 | / |
| Yaforova | 71 | 2 | / |
| Yafurova | 71 | 1 | / |
| Yaffar | 67 | 278 | / |
| Jaafor | 67 | 181 | / |
| Yaafar | 67 | 88 | / |
| Yadfar | 67 | 77 | / |
| Jaffur | 67 | 59 | / |
| Yasfar | 67 | 33 | / |
| Yafare | 67 | 27 | / |
| Jafoor | 67 | 13 | / |
| Jiafor | 67 | 12 | / |
| Jaffor | 67 | 10 | / |
| Joyfur | 67 | 10 | / |
| Jaufur | 67 | 6 | / |
| Jayfor | 67 | 5 | / |
| Jafure | 67 | 3 | / |
| Jafore | 67 | 2 | / |
| Jafaur | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jaafur | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jaford | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yafgar | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jaforr | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yazfar | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ioafor | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ijafor | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jasfur | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jaifur | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yafart | 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 Yafour
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