Yanfor Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Yanfor Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 11 | 1:400,776 | 20,681 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Yanfor Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yanfor Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yanfor is carried by more people in Liberia than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yanfor? popularity and diffusion
Yanfor is the 5,587,209th most numerous last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Yanfor are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 92 percent are found in Anglo-West Africa.
The surname is most frequently held in Liberia, where it is carried by 11 people, or 1 in 400,776. In Liberia it is most frequent in: Montserrado County, where 91 percent live and Rivercess County, where 9 percent live. Excluding Liberia it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 8 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yanford | 92 | 30 | / |
| Yanforh | 92 | 24 | / |
| Yanfore | 92 | 21 | / |
| Janfor | 83 | 23 | / |
| Yanfur | 83 | 6 | / |
| Yamfor | 83 | 2 | / |
| Janford | 77 | 8 | / |
| Janfour | 77 | 1 | / |
| Yasinfar | 71 | 8 | / |
| Jeanfort | 71 | 3 | / |
| Jeanford | 71 | 1 | / |
| Janfar | 67 | 5,017 | / |
| Hjainford | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eonfor | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jianfar | 62 | 329 | / |
| Janphor | 62 | 2 | / |
| Gianfar | 62 | 1 | / |
| Jahanfar | 57 | 93 | / |
| Jianfard | 57 | 46 | / |
| Johnfore | 57 | 7 | / |
| Jahnfuhr | 57 | 1 | / |
| Hajianfar | 53 | 123 | / |
| Jahanfarz | 53 | 1 | / |
| Jamfar | 50 | 37 | / |
| Hajianfard | 50 | 2 | / |
| Jaãfar | 50 | 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 Yanfor
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