Yafu Surname
Approximately 885 people bear this surname
Yafu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 568 | 1:130,070 | 13,970 |
| Thailand | 127 | 1:556,207 | 95,235 |
| Indonesia | 106 | 1:1,247,634 | 87,669 |
| Papua New Guinea | 37 | 1:220,371 | 30,351 |
| Nigeria | 21 | 1:8,435,369 | 179,591 |
| Taiwan | 11 | 1:2,131,341 | 13,802 |
| Japan | 9 | 1:14,204,921 | 46,388 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Yafu (398) may also be a first name.
Yafu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yafu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yafu is found in The DR Congo more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. For other possible spellings of Yafu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yafu? popularity and diffusion
The surname Yafu is the 397,886th most frequent surname globally, held by around 1 in 8,234,515 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 67 percent of Yafu live; 64 percent live in Central Africa and 64 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 432,848th most frequently held given name worldwide It is held by 398 people.
The surname Yafu is most commonly held in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 568 people, or 1 in 130,070. Beside The DR Congo Yafu exists in 11 countries. It is also common in Thailand, where 14 percent are found and Indonesia, where 12 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yafuz | 89 | 1,609 | / |
| Yafgu | 89 | 169 | / |
| Yafou | 89 | 124 | / |
| Yafus | 89 | 3 | / |
| Yafut | 89 | 3 | / |
| Jyafu | 89 | 1 | / |
| Yafeu | 89 | 1 | / |
| Yasfu | 89 | 1 | / |
| Yafuh | 89 | 1 | / |
| Yahfu | 89 | 1 | / |
| Yafuy | 89 | 1 | / |
| Yafout | 80 | 550 | / |
| Yaffou | 80 | 20 | / |
| Yafous | 80 | 1 | / |
| Yaffeu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Yawfui | 80 | 1 | / |
| Yofu | 75 | 1,034 | / |
| Jafu | 75 | 1,028 | / |
| Yatfouh | 73 | 4 | / |
| Yashfau | 73 | 3 | / |
| Yahafuj | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yadfout | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yafoush | 73 | 1 | / |
| Jaffu | 67 | 945 | / |
| Ijafu | 67 | 196 | / |
| Jaifu | 67 | 54 | / |
| Jiafu | 67 | 30 | / |
| Jawfu | 67 | 29 | / |
| Jafeu | 67 | 27 | / |
| Jafou | 67 | 14 | / |
| Jafau | 67 | 8 | / |
| Yafoo | 67 | 8 | / |
| Jafui | 67 | 4 | / |
| Yofou | 67 | 2 | / |
| Yoffu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Yaphu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Yafoe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Iafau | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jaafu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jayfu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jafud | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jafus | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yowfu | 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 Yafu
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