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
Yafour occurs most in Syria. It may appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yafour? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 379,929th most numerous last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 7,760,965 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Yafour reside; 99 percent reside in West Asia and 93 percent reside in Levant. Yafour is also the 165,415th most frequently occurring given name worldwide, held by 2,076 people.
The surname is most frequent in Syria, where it is borne by 872 people, or 1 in 22,134. In Syria it is most frequent in: Rif Dimashq Governorate, where 100 percent live. Beside Syria it exists in 4 countries. It is also found 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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