Yefon Surname
Approximately 431 people bear this surname
Yefon Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 429 | 1:48,413 | 6,332 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Yefon (543) may also be a first name.
Yefon Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yefon Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yefon is found in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Yefon click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yefon? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 687,524th most frequently occurring last name globally It is held by around 1 in 16,908,459 people. The surname Yefon is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Yefon reside; 99 percent reside in Central Africa and 99 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Yefon is also the 361,572nd most commonly held forename in the world, borne by 543 people.
The last name is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is carried by 429 people, or 1 in 48,413. In Cameroon it is most common in: Northwest Region, where 93 percent reside, Centre Region, where 4 percent reside and West Region, where 1 percent reside. Other than Cameroon Yefon is found in 2 countries. It is also common in France, where 0 percent reside and Nigeria, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yiefon | 91 | 39 | / |
| Ayefon | 91 | 1 | / |
| Eyefon | 91 | 1 | / |
| Efon | 89 | 1,194 | / |
| Uyiefon | 83 | 4 | / |
| Yefun | 80 | 102 | / |
| Effon | 80 | 81 | / |
| Yefan | 80 | 59 | / |
| Gefon | 80 | 39 | / |
| Efoun | 80 | 6 | / |
| Eafon | 80 | 6 | / |
| Eifon | 80 | 1 | / |
| Eefon | 80 | 1 | / |
| Jefon | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ayfon | 80 | 1 | / |
| Uyiefong | 77 | 7 | / |
| Yefonova | 77 | 1 | / |
| Geffon | 73 | 162 | / |
| Yefang | 73 | 38 | / |
| Ayofon | 73 | 16 | / |
| Effuon | 73 | 2 | / |
| Ayifon | 73 | 2 | / |
| Effoin | 73 | 2 | / |
| Jeffon | 73 | 2 | / |
| Jesfon | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yesfan | 73 | 1 | / |
| Jefone | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yefane | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yevfan | 73 | 1 | / |
| Jefoon | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ayefan | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ayfond | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gefoun | 73 | 1 | / |
| Euffon | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ajefon | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hayfon | 73 | 0 | / |
| Efan | 67 | 666 | / |
| Goyffon | 67 | 211 | / |
| Efun | 67 | 126 | / |
| Eiffong | 67 | 19 | / |
| Goeffon | 67 | 13 | / |
| Hayfoun | 67 | 9 | / |
| Ehoufon | 67 | 7 | / |
| Ieffong | 67 | 6 | / |
| Houefon | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ejiofon | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ojiefon | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ayiffon | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yepfang | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hayofon | 67 | 1 | / |
| Euffong | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ayoffon | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jeffone | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Yefon
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