Yanifa Surname

5,587,209th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Maldives

Yanifa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yanifa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia41:33,062,298643,618
Maldives21:202,0864,973
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436

Yanifa (28) may also be a first name.

Yanifa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Yanifa is held by more people in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Yanifa? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 5,587,209th most commonly used surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. Yanifa is mostly found in Asia, where 67 percent of Yanifa are found; 33 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 33 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 1,994,417th most common forename world-wide, held by 28 people.

Yanifa is most frequently used in Indonesia, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 33,062,298. In Indonesia Yanifa is mostly concentrated in: Central Sulawesi, where 100 percent live. Besides Indonesia this surname is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in The Maldives, where 17 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 17 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Janifa8324/
Janifah7724/
Yanifer7710/
Jannifa772/
Yanifet771/
Yanitfe771/
Jeannifa711/
Yanefo6790/
Yonefa6737/
Hjhanifah679/
Janefa672/
Janufa671/
Janife671/
Jonifa671/
Yonifo671/

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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 Yanifa
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