Deafley Surname

4,116,508th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 23 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Scotland
Highest density in:
Scotland

Deafley Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Deafley Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland221:243,35512,191
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Deafley Last Name Facts

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

The last name Deafley is most common in Scotland. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Deafley? popularity and diffusion

Deafley is the 4,116,508th most prevalent last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 316,849,822 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 96 percent of Deafley reside; 96 percent reside in Northern Europe and 96 percent reside in British Isles.

This surname is most numerous in Scotland, where it is held by 22 people, or 1 in 243,355. In Scotland it is most numerous in: Inverclyde, where 82 percent are found, Moray, where 14 percent are found and Glasgow City, where 5 percent are found. Aside from Scotland Deafley occurs in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 4 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Defley9225/
Deafly920/
Deffley86282/
Daffley860/
Dafle832,319/
Defly831,942/
Dafly834/
Defle832/
Deaffler801/
Dafler77211/
Defler77138/
Difley7757/
Defles7710/
Daffle775/
Deflea774/
Djafle773/
Deflys772/
Dhafly771/
Defleh771/
Dhefle771/
Doefle770/
Daufle770/
Dawfly770/
Deffly770/
Diffley711,275/
Deffler71106/
Defille7143/
Dephley718/
Daefloe714/
Deaflad712/
Djaflet711/
Dahafle711/
Dhafhle711/
Dafflay710/
Dafletz710/
Deiflay710/
Deifler710/
Daffler710/
Dafla67190/
Defiolle67149/
Dafli67149/
Defli6749/
Defillet6730/
Difle678/
Defla678/
Deffelle671/
Hdeffler671/
Defilles671/
Dayafleh671/
Difly670/

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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 Deafley
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