Def Surname

1,064,392nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 234 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
New Caledonia

Def Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Def Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mauritania1691:24,2302,116
New Caledonia161:17,2644,719
Taiwan121:1,953,72912,642
France101:6,642,272293,169
South Sudan41:2,853,7691,758
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Iran31:25,594,175224,183
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128

Def (412) may also be a first name.

Def Last Name Facts

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

The last name Def (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺪﻑ, Russian: Деф) occurs in Mauritania more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Def? popularity and diffusion

The surname Def is the 1,064,392nd most prevalent last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 31,143,359 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 76 percent of Def are found; 74 percent are found in West Africa and 72 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 423,803rd most widely held first name globally, borne by 412 people.

It is most frequently occurring in Mauritania, where it is carried by 169 people, or 1 in 24,230. In Mauritania Def is most numerous in: Assaba Region, where 22 percent reside, Tagant Region, where 18 percent reside and Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 17 percent reside. Besides Mauritania this last name exists in 17 countries. It also occurs in New Caledonia, where 7 percent reside and Taiwan, where 5 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Deif8612,089/
Dief863,558/
Deef861,742/
Defe86668/
Deff86124/
Deft8631/
Deaf8621/
Deuf8616/
Deyf864/
Defs863/
Ddef862/
Dewf862/
Devf862/
Dehf861/
Defp861/
Dezf861/
Desf861/
Deffe75207/
Deuff75149/
Deift7569/
Deife7535/
Dhief7512/
Dhefe7512/
Deeff758/
Dheif753/
Dehef753/
Deefe753/
Desfe752/
Deyfe752/
Deefs751/
Deivf751/
Dieff751/
Deafe751/
D'Efe751/
Deifh751/
Deupf751/
Dheff751/
Defth750/
Deahf750/
Deaft750/
Deaff750/
Dev67311,174/
Deb67239,503/
Dif6732,331/
Dew6718,769/
Dyf677/
Djf674/
Dheife672/
Dettfs671/
D'Heft671/
Dehefe671/
Dheyfe671/
Daheef671/

Def Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Def in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﺪﻑaldf88.89
ﺍﺩﻑadf5.56
ﺃﺩﻑadf3.7
Def in the Russian language
Дефdef-

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