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
The surname Yefon is found in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Yefon? popularity and diffusion
Yefon is the 687,524th most frequent family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 16,908,459 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Yefon are found; 99 percent are found in Central Africa and 99 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Yefon is also the 361,572nd most commonly occurring first name internationally, borne by 543 people.
The last name Yefon is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is held by 429 people, or 1 in 48,413. In Cameroon Yefon is most prevalent in: Northwest Region, where 93 percent reside, Centre Region, where 4 percent reside and West Region, where 1 percent reside. Outside of Cameroon this surname exists 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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