Yafra Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Israel
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Yafra Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yafra Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869

Yafra (15) may also be a first name.

Yafra Last Name Facts

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

The surname Yafra (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻳﻔﺮﻩ) is found most frequently in Israel. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Yafra? popularity and diffusion

The last name Yafra is the 10,311,814th most commonly occurring family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 67 percent of Yafra are found; 67 percent are found in West Asia and 67 percent are found in Judeo-West Asia. Yafra is also the 2,900,335th most widespread first name worldwide It is held by 15 people.

It is most commonly occurring in Israel, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 4,278,817. In Israel it is most common in: Central District, where 100 percent live. Other than Israel this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Mauritania, where 33 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yafrah91143/
Yafrat911/
Yafraj911/
Yaffra911/
Yafrai911/
Yafrach836/
Jafra803,221/
Yafri8036/
Yofra8012/
Yafro803/
Yafre801/
Jaffra73405/
Jafrai7319/
Jaafra7313/
Iafrat7312/
Jafray738/
Jafraj735/
Jafrat733/
Yafred732/
Yafere731/
Jafrad731/
Jafrau731/
Jafroa731/
Iafrau731/
Jaffray672,036/
Jaffrai6724/
Jafraiz671/
Jafraay671/
Jaffraz671/
Jaafrah671/

Yafra Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Yafra in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻳﻔﺮﻩyfrh-

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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 Yafra
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