Yefta Surname

2,436,415th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 62 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Chad

Yefta Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yefta Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia501:2,644,984153,918
Chad91:1,510,2445,402
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Yefta (3,250) may also be a first name.

Yefta Last Name Facts

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

Yefta occurs in Indonesia more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Yefta.

How Common Is The Last Name Yefta? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,436,415th most common last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 117,541,063 people. The last name Yefta is mostly found in Asia, where 45 percent of Yefta are found; 45 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 45 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 125,700th most frequent first name world-wide, held by 3,250 people.

The surname is most frequent in Indonesia, where it is carried by 50 people, or 1 in 2,644,984. In Indonesia Yefta is primarily found in: West Papua, where 44 percent live, South Sulawesi, where 30 percent live and Bali, where 16 percent live. Other than Indonesia this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Chad, where 15 percent live and The DR Congo, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yeftha912/
Efta89630/
Yeftuha831/
Jefta80898/
Eftha80117/
Yefti8047/
Yebta806/
Eifta801/
Eftai801/
Effta801/
Gefta801/
Jeftha732,025/
Yiftah73176/
Hoefta7313/
Jeftas736/
Jefhta735/
Yefter733/
Huefta732/
Jeffta731/
Yephta731/
Geftha731/
Giefta730/
Efty672,093/
Efti672,085/
Jefthas67869/
Yeftich6740/
Efte6715/
Jefftha674/
Efftaja671/
Jefthah671/

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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 Yefta
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