Yarfa Surname

4,427,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Benin

Yarfa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Yarfa Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Benin91:1,148,40050,768
Niger51:3,838,40364,195
Mauritania31:1,364,95427,355
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

Yarfa (29) may also be a first name.

Yarfa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Yarfa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻳﺮﻓﺎ, Hindi: यारफा) is found most frequently in Benin. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Yarfa.

How Common Is The Last Name Yarfa? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,427,875th most widespread last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. The surname Yarfa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 90 percent of Yarfa live; 85 percent live in West Africa and 45 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,951,561st most prevalent first name on earth It is held by 29 people.

This surname is most numerous in Benin, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 1,148,400. In Benin Yarfa is most prevalent in: Atakora Department, where 89 percent are found and Collines Department, where 11 percent are found. Not including Benin it exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 25 percent are found and Mauritania, where 15 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
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Yarfi80491/
Jarfa8062/
Yorfa804/
Iarfa801/
Yarfo801/
Yarfoh73419/
Yarefi7361/
Jarfaz7337/
Jarfas7333/
Yarpha738/
Jarfau735/
Yarvah734/
Yarfee732/
Aiorfa731/
Jarfat731/
Jarfay731/
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Jarfaut6724/
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Yarfa Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Yarfa in the Hindi language
यारफाyarapha-
Yarfa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻳﺮﻓﺎyrfa75
ﻳﺮﻓﻪyrfh25

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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 Yarfa
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