Yarfah Surname
Approximately 27 people bear this surname
Yarfah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 14 | 1:292,490 | 12,957 |
| Liberia | 13 | 1:339,118 | 18,650 |
Yarfah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yarfah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yarfah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻳﺮﻓﺎﻩ) is found in Mauritania more than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of Yarfah click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yarfah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,798,600th most numerous family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Yarfah reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 52 percent reside in Senegambia Africa.
It is most numerous in Mauritania, where it is held by 14 people, or 1 in 292,490. In Mauritania Yarfah is primarily found in: Trarza Region, where 100 percent reside. Besides Mauritania it exists in one country. It is also found in Liberia, where 48 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yarfa | 91 | 20 | / |
| Yarfoh | 83 | 419 | / |
| Yarfaa | 83 | 54 | / |
| Yarvah | 83 | 4 | / |
| Yarfai | 83 | 3 | / |
| Jarfa | 73 | 62 | / |
| Yorfa | 73 | 4 | / |
| Iarfa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yarfo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Jarfaith | 71 | 1 | / |
| Jarfaz | 67 | 37 | / |
| Jarfas | 67 | 33 | / |
| Iorfah | 67 | 20 | / |
| Jarvah | 67 | 8 | / |
| Yarpha | 67 | 8 | / |
| Jarfau | 67 | 5 | / |
| Yorfoh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jarfat | 67 | 1 | / |
| Iarfat | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aiorfa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jarfay | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jarfaut | 62 | 24 | / |
| Jarfouh | 62 | 4 | / |
| Yarphay | 62 | 1 | / |
| Yarphey | 62 | 1 | / |
| Jarfoush | 57 | 204 | / |
| Jarphath | 57 | 1 | / |
| Iorfa | 55 | 5,228 | / |
| Yorfo | 55 | 5 | / |
| Jorfa | 55 | 4 | / |
| Eorfa | 55 | 3 | / |
| Iorfaa | 50 | 6 | / |
| Jarfoi | 50 | 5 | / |
| Jorfas | 50 | 1 | / |
| Josrfa | 50 | 1 | / |
| Iotrfa | 50 | 1 | / |
| Georfa | 50 | 1 | / |
| Iorffa | 50 | 1 | / |
| Iarpha | 50 | 1 | / |
Yarfah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yarfah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻳﺮﻓﺎﻩ | yrfah | 87.5 |
| ﺑﻼﻝ | blal | 12.5 |
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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 Yarfah
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