Defan Surname
Approximately 265 people bear this surname
Defan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 173 | 1:133,360 | 6,447 |
| Indonesia | 28 | 1:4,723,186 | 228,527 |
| Ukraine | 24 | 1:1,896,779 | 136,831 |
| Nigeria | 21 | 1:8,435,369 | 179,591 |
| Pakistan | 4 | 1:44,660,971 | 115,884 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Micronesia | 1 | 1:106,243 | 1,380 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 1 | 1:54,580 | 1,498 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 1:99,171 | 2,137 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
Defan (271) may also be a first name.
Defan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Defan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Defan (Russian: Дефан) is more frequently found in The Ivory Coast than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Defan? popularity and diffusion
It is the 975,866th most widespread family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 27,500,173 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 64 percent of Defan live; 63 percent live in West Africa and 53 percent live in Mande Africa. Defan is also the 540,009th most frequent first name worldwide. It is borne by 271 people.
The surname is most frequently held in The Ivory Coast, where it is held by 173 people, or 1 in 133,360. In The Ivory Coast it is mostly concentrated in: Montagnes District, where 82 percent live, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 16 percent live and Gôh-Djiboua District, where 1 percent live. Aside from The Ivory Coast this last name occurs in 15 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 11 percent live and Ukraine, where 9 percent live.
Defan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Defan has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Defan last name contracted 57 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Defan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Defan in the Russian language | ||
| Дефан | defan | - |
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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
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- 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
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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Defan
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