Yefa Surname
Approximately 387 people bear this surname
Yefa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 315 | 1:234,538 | 22,701 |
| Cameroon | 27 | 1:769,225 | 54,005 |
| Benin | 14 | 1:738,257 | 40,906 |
| China | 9 | 1:151,924,618 | 7,954 |
| Zimbabwe | 7 | 1:2,205,463 | 97,905 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Yefa (217) may also be a first name.
Yefa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yefa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yefa is most common in The DR Congo. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yefa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 744,013th most frequently held surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 18,830,868 people. Yefa is primarily found in Africa, where 95 percent of Yefa reside; 88 percent reside in Central Africa and 88 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Yefa is also the 612,983rd most widespread first name globally, held by 217 people.
Yefa is most common in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 315 people, or 1 in 234,538. Without taking into account The DR Congo this surname exists in 15 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 7 percent are found and Benin, where 4 percent are found.
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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 Yefa
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