Yorfo Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Benin

Yorfo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Yorfo Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines41:25,309,556279,062
Benin11:10,335,602103,742

Yorfo Last Name Facts

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

Yorfo is borne by more people in The Philippines than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Yorfo.

How Common Is The Last Name Yorfo? popularity and diffusion

It is the 8,193,072nd most frequently used surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 80 percent of Yorfo are found; 80 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 80 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia.

The last name Yorfo is most common in The Philippines, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 25,309,556. In The Philippines Yorfo is primarily concentrated in: Western Visayas, where 75 percent live and Zamboanga Peninsula, where 25 percent live. Not including The Philippines this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Benin, where 20 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yorfoh911/
Yorfa804/
Yarfo801/
Georfo73906/
Yarfoh73419/
Giorfo732/
Irfo676/
Ejiorfo674/
Erfo671/
Jrfo671/

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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 Yorfo
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