Yifa Surname

258,090th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,525 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ethiopia
Highest density in:
Ethiopia

Yifa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yifa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ethiopia1,4491:67,3206,648
Singapore601:91,7953,674
Thailand61:11,773,058553,295
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Pakistan21:89,321,942157,560
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646

Yifa (10,133) may also be a first name.

Yifa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Yifa is found most in Ethiopia. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Yifa? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 258,090th most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 4,778,719 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Yifa live; 95 percent live in East Africa and 95 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. Yifa is also the 60,691st most frequent first name on earth It is held by 10,133 people.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 1,449 people, or 1 in 67,320. Barring Ethiopia this surname exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in Singapore, where 4 percent are found and Thailand, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yifat8995/
Yisfa8911/
Yiffa892/
Yipfa891/
Yifai891/
Yitfa891/
Ifa865,380/
Yfa8627/
Yisfah8035/
Aifa752,974/
Ifaz751,241/
Ifat751,187/
Ifah75767/
Ifad75370/
Hifa75291/
Iffa75228/
Oifa75148/
Isfa7573/
Ayfa7549/
Yofa7547/
Gifa7545/
Ifai7543/
Jifa7535/
Ifay7522/
Iofa7521/
Iefa7521/
Ihfa7520/
Ifas7518/
Ifaj7510/
Ifaa758/
Uifa758/
Yifi758/
Eyfa757/
Eifa757/
Itfa755/
Hyfa754/
Yife754/
Ifea752/
Ipfa752/
Yfat752/
Ifau752/
Oyfa751/
Uyfa751/
Yfah751/
Yifo751/
Yffa751/
Yvfa751/
Ypfa751/
Yfad751/
Yfay751/
Yfea751/
Yfga751/
Yfha751/
Yfoa751/
Iwfa751/
Ijfa751/
Iffat675,164/
Haifa671,763/
Iffah67687/
Isfat67456/
Aifah67347/
Ishfa67304/
Hifad67239/
Aiffa67234/
Yifei67175/
Ifaya67117/
Yipha6788/
Hayfa6770/
Yoffa6762/
Aifat6756/
Ieffa6749/
Hifai6741/
Hiffa6739/
Aifai6732/
Jiffa6724/
Hoifa6721/
Hifaj6719/
Hifah6718/
Ifeha6718/
Aifaj6714/
Aifaa6713/
Jifas6712/
Heifa6712/
Isfai6711/
Hifaz6711/
Ifaha6710/
Oiffa6710/
Gaifa678/
Giffa677/
Ifast677/
Ioffa676/
Yiffi676/
Ayfat676/
Aisfa674/
Jifah674/
Aifas674/
Yofaï674/
Ifaaz673/
Ipfat673/
Ifash673/
Ifaas673/
Ifatt673/
Iffad673/
Jiefa673/
Ifahy673/
Eifat672/
Gifai672/
Goifa672/
Issfa672/
Iffai672/
Ifass672/
Yiffe672/
Ihfad672/
Eifai672/
Ifaat671/
Aaifa671/
Yfaiz671/
Uifat671/
Heyfa671/
Jifaa671/
Gifaa671/
Isfau671/
Ifeat671/
Ifads671/
Itfad671/
Jifat671/
Isfad671/
Yisfe671/
Yifou671/
Yffat671/
Gifaj671/
Aifay671/
Ayfad671/
Ifaah671/
Ifoha671/
Oifga671/
Yvfat671/
Yshfa671/
Ypfay671/
Ifaia671/
Iffap671/
Ihfaz671/
Hisfa671/
Hiefa670/
Hifas670/
Yopfa670/

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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 Yifa
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