Yamefa Surname

2,944,094th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 44 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Congo

Yamefa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yamefa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria251:7,085,710162,099
Cameroon141:1,483,50583,777
Congo51:997,81917,129

Yamefa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Yamefa occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Yamefa? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,944,094th most commonly used family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 165,626,044 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Yamefa reside; 57 percent reside in West Africa and 57 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 25 people, or 1 in 7,085,710. In Nigeria Yamefa is most frequent in: Benue, where 96 percent are found and Federal Capital Territory, where 4 percent are found. Other than Nigeria it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 32 percent are found and The Congo, where 11 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yammefa921/
Yamfa9110/
Yamefa'a861/
Yamafa834/
Jamefa831/
Yammafa776/
Jamfa7327/
Jamfah675/
Jeamfa674/
Jamifa673/
Yamafo671/
Yamifi671/
Yameephai671/
Hiamfa671/

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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 Yamefa
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