Yaufi Surname

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

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

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

Yaufi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yaufi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria41:44,285,690437,567
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784

Yaufi (21) may also be a first name.

Yaufi Last Name Facts

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

The surname Yaufi is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Yaufi? popularity and diffusion

Yaufi is the 7,117,718th most frequently held family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 57 percent of Yaufi live; 57 percent live in West Africa and 57 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Yaufi is also the 2,368,944th most frequent given name throughout the world It is held by 21 people.

The last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 44,285,690. In Nigeria Yaufi is primarily concentrated in: Oyo, where 75 percent live and Ondo, where 25 percent live. Besides Nigeria Yaufi is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 29 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 14 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yaoufi912/
Yaufa8030/
Youfi8017/
Yousfi7363,545/
Jaoufi7310/
Youdfi734/
Youfis734/
Youfei734/
Youefi732/
Youfio731/
Youfid731/
Youffi731/
Youssfi673,368/
Yousfii673/
Yousffi672/
Youffis671/
Yooufei671/
Youshfi671/
Yousfui671/
Youfa6030/
Youfe6013/
Yousfe557/
Yousfy555/
Youphi551/
Youffa551/
Youssfy502/
Youffey502/
Yousfee502/
Youtfey501/
Yousfai501/
Youssfe501/
Yousfer501/
Youwphi501/
Youfeth501/
Yousfet501/

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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 Yaufi
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