Yafuchi Surname

2,530,696th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 58 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Japan
Highest density in:
Japan

Yafuchi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yafuchi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Japan571:2,242,88229,184
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

Yafuchi Last Name Facts

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

The last name Yafuchi is found in Japan more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Yafuchi click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Yafuchi? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,530,696th most widely held last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 125,647,343 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 98 percent of Yafuchi are found; 98 percent are found in East Asia and 98 percent are found in Nippono-Asia.

Yafuchi is most frequently held in Japan, where it is borne by 57 people, or 1 in 2,242,882. In Japan Yafuchi is most numerous in: Toyama Prefecture, where 47 percent are found, Shimane Prefecture, where 28 percent are found and Hiroshima Prefecture, where 7 percent are found. Apart from Japan this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Brazil, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yafushi8612/
Yafuji771/
Yahfousi671/
Yofuji6285/
Yafuka6227/
Yafusa621/
Yafuge621/
Yafuke621/
Japhichi531/
Yafoussa531/

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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 Yafuchi
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