Yefia Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Yefia Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yefia Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Yefia (8) may also be a first name.

Yefia Last Name Facts

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

The last name Yefia occurs most in Indonesia. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Yefia? popularity and diffusion

The last name Yefia is the 8,968,613th most frequently used last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 50 percent of Yefia live; 50 percent live in West Africa and 50 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 4,213,784th most frequent first name worldwide, held by 8 people.

The surname Yefia is most numerous in Indonesia, where it is borne by 1 people, or 1 in 132,249,194. Not including Indonesia Yefia is found in 3 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 25 percent reside and The Netherlands, where 25 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Eyefia911,002/
Oyefia9178/
Iyefia9124/
Efia89408/
Effia80902/
Jefia80198/
Gefia8028/
Eafia807/
Eefia805/
Efiaa802/
Efiha802/
Yefya802/
Efija801/
Aefia801/
Hoeyefia771/
Ojefia73588/
Ejefia7366/
Eyafia7311/
Ejafia737/
Geffia735/
Ayafia734/
Jeffia734/
Efffia733/
Ijefia732/
Eyifia731/
Ajefia731/
Effhia731/
Owefia731/
Efijah731/
Jefias731/
Efio671,424/
Efaiyaj674/
Efja672/
Efya672/
Ojiefia671/
Gehfiah671/
Ayafiah671/

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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 Yefia
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