Yanfi Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Yanfi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yanfi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia81:16,531,149488,268
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147

Yanfi (17) may also be a first name.

Yanfi Last Name Facts

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

The surname Yanfi occurs in Indonesia more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Yanfi? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 5,391,485th most frequent family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. It is mostly found in Asia, where 69 percent of Yanfi reside; 62 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 62 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Yanfi is also the 2,694,839th most commonly used first name globally. It is borne by 17 people.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Indonesia, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 16,531,149. In Indonesia Yanfi is most frequent in: East Java, where 88 percent are found. Outside of Indonesia Yanfi occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 15 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 8 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yanfei9136/
Yanfai912/
Yanfio911/
Yanfui911/
Yanfiy911/
Yanfa8045/
Janfi8026/
Yanfe802/
Yanfy802/
Janfai7380/
Yanfer7315/
Jyamfi7314/
Janfie734/
Yanfeu732/
Yanffa731/
Janfiz731/
Yanfet731/
Yanfea731/
Yanfes730/
Jianfei6726/
Ejjanfi672/
Jianfui671/
Jeanfai671/
Yanphit671/

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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 Yanfi
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