Yarifo Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Yarifo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Yarifo 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
Papua New Guinea61:1,358,953118,663
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426

Yarifo (20) may also be a first name.

Yarifo Last Name Facts

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

The surname Yarifo is held by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Yarifo? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 7,117,718th most prevalent surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. This last name is primarily found in Oceania, where 100 percent of Yarifo live; 100 percent live in Oceania Islands and 100 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 2,446,817th most prevalent first name worldwide, borne by 20 people.

The last name is most frequently used in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 1,358,953. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily found in: Eastern Highlands, where 83 percent live and National Capital District, where 17 percent live. Apart from Papua New Guinea it occurs in one country. It is also found in Indonesia, where 14 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
Yarifou922/
Yarifa8347/
Yariffa771/
Yarifat771/
Jarifa67207/
Yaryfa6750/
Yorifa6714/
Jarrifa621/
Jorifa5010/
Jarefa503/
Jarufa502/
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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 Yarifo
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