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 borne by more people in Mauritania than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yarfah? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,798,600th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. The last name Yarfah is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Yarfah are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 52 percent are found in Senegambia Africa.
The surname is most prevalent in Mauritania, where it is held by 14 people, or 1 in 292,490. In Mauritania Yarfah is most frequent in: Trarza Region, where 100 percent reside. Apart from Mauritania it is found 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
- 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 Yarfah
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