Yarifa Surname

2,843,861st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 47 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Benin

Yarifa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Yarifa 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
Benin291:356,40027,355
Indonesia101:13,224,919434,432
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Yarifa (29) may also be a first name.

Yarifa Last Name Facts

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

Yarifa (Hindi: यारिफा, Russian: Ярифа) is held by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Yarifa click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Yarifa? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,843,861st most commonly held surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 155,054,168 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 66 percent of Yarifa reside; 64 percent reside in West Africa and 64 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,951,561st most commonly held forename world-wide, held by 29 people.

The last name is most frequently held in Benin, where it is borne by 29 people, or 1 in 356,400. In Benin Yarifa is most common in: Atakora Department, where 97 percent live and Collines Department, where 3 percent live. Not including Benin it exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 21 percent live and Malaysia, where 6 percent live.

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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Jarifa83207/
Yaryfa8350/
Yorifa8314/
Yarifo837/
Yarifou772/
Jarrifa771/
Yarefi6761/
Jarifi6714/
Jorifa6710/
Jarife676/
Yorife674/
Jarefa673/
Jarufa672/
Jahrifi6219/
Jourifa622/
Hjarefa622/
Jarefat621/
Jaripha621/
Jariphas574/
Hajjorefai503/
Yorefi501/
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Yarifa Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Yarifa in the Hindi language
यारिफाyaripha-
Yarifa in the Russian language
Ярифаarifa-

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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 Yarifa
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