Yamafuku Surname
Approximately 834 people bear this surname
Yamafuku Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 806 | 1:158,616 | 7,909 |
| Brazil | 27 | 1:7,928,679 | 178,836 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Yamafuku Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yamafuku Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yamafuku occurs most in Japan. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yamafuku? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 416,960th most widely held last name globally, borne by around 1 in 8,738,065 people. The surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 97 percent of Yamafuku are found; 97 percent are found in East Asia and 97 percent are found in Nippono-Asia.
It is most commonly held in Japan, where it is borne by 806 people, or 1 in 158,616. In Japan Yamafuku is mostly concentrated in: Kyoto Prefecture, where 49 percent reside, Osaka Prefecture, where 10 percent reside and Yamaguchi Prefecture, where 8 percent reside. Barring Japan this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 3 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amafuku | 93 | 1 | / |
| Ymafuku | 93 | 1 | / |
| Yamafuko | 88 | 12 | / |
| Yamafuki | 88 | 1 | / |
| Yama-Fuki | 82 | 1 | / |
| Imafuku | 80 | 6,078 | / |
| Umafuku | 80 | 77 | / |
| Amafeku | 80 | 60 | / |
| Ymafuko | 80 | 5 | / |
| Amefuku | 80 | 1 | / |
| Amaefuke | 75 | 1 | / |
| Amvuku | 71 | 235 | / |
| Yamfak | 71 | 2 | / |
| Amafek | 71 | 1 | / |
| Yamfuc | 71 | 1 | / |
| Imfuku | 71 | 1 | / |
| Yaemfak | 67 | 55 | / |
| Imafuko | 67 | 12 | / |
| Amvukua | 67 | 8 | / |
| Yamphak | 67 | 5 | / |
| Amvuaku | 67 | 2 | / |
| Amafoke | 67 | 1 | / |
| Amaifok | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yemfouk | 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 Yamafuku
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