Yef Surname

1,931,261st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 93 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Pakistan
Highest density in:
Pakistan

Yef Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yef Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Pakistan831:2,152,33620,049
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Yef (134) may also be a first name.

Yef Last Name Facts

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

The surname Yef is more commonly found in Pakistan than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Yef? popularity and diffusion

The surname Yef is the 1,931,261st most prevalent surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 78,360,709 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 98 percent of Yef live; 89 percent live in South Asia and 89 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Yef is also the 800,975th most widespread given name internationally. It is borne by 134 people.

This surname is most frequently held in Pakistan, where it is held by 83 people, or 1 in 2,152,336. In Pakistan it is mostly found in: Balochistan, where 46 percent are found, Punjab, where 34 percent are found and Sindh, where 10 percent are found. Outside of Pakistan this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 4 percent are found and Thailand, where 4 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yefe86258/
Yeff8612/
Ayef864/
Iyef862/
Yetf862/
Yeft862/
Yejf862/
Yesf861/
Yoef861/
Oyef861/
Uyef861/
Yefz861/
Yehf861/
Yepf861/
Ef803,015/
Hayef754,108/
Yeffe751,238/
Iyefe75203/
Hoyef7584/
Ayefe7525/
Gayef755/
Yessf754/
Eyefe752/
Yoyef752/
Ieyef752/
Yefsh751/
Geyef751/
Yhief751/
Yefhe751/
Yesfe751/
Yejft751/
Oyefe751/
Yheff751/
Yefft750/
Yew6719,851/
Eff67860/
Yeb67652/
Yev67512/
Jef67124/
Eef6742/
Eif6730/
Ief6724/
Aef6722/
Efh6717/
Yyf6714/
Evf6712/
Ayf6712/
Eaf6711/
Euf6711/
Gef677/
Iyf677/
Epf676/
Gayeff676/
Oyf675/
Uyf674/
Eyf674/
Oef674/
Yjf672/
Ejf672/
Uef672/
Aiyefe671/
Hayefe671/
Yeshfe671/

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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 Yef
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