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 surname Yafour occurs in Syria more than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yafour? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 379,929th most prevalent family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 7,760,965 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Yafour live; 99 percent live in West Asia and 93 percent live in Levant. Yafour is also the 165,415th most frequently used first name in the world. It is borne by 2,076 people.
The surname is most widely held in Syria, where it is carried by 872 people, or 1 in 22,134. In Syria it is mostly concentrated in: Rif Dimashq Governorate, where 100 percent live. Besides Syria this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United Arab Emirates, where 6 percent live and Algeria, where 0 percent live.
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
- 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 Yafour
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