Defee Surname

486,864th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 682 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Defee Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Defee Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6641:545,87245,193
Poland81:4,751,094138,864
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Finland21:2,748,35172,663
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
England11:55,718,059489,080
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England51:4,875,074116,529
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States511:984,68058,342

The alternate forms: Defée (3) are calculated separately.

Defee Last Name Facts

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

The surname Defee has its highest incidence in The United States. It may appear in the variant forms: Defée. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Defee? popularity and diffusion

The surname Defee is the 486,864th most numerous surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 10,685,551 people. The last name Defee occurs mostly in The Americas, where 97 percent of Defee live; 97 percent live in North America and 97 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The last name Defee is most frequent in The United States, where it is borne by 664 people, or 1 in 545,872. In The United States it is mostly found in: Texas, where 24 percent are found, Alabama, where 20 percent are found and South Carolina, where 14 percent are found. Besides The United States this surname occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Poland, where 1 percent are found and Germany, where 0 percent are found.

Defee Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Defee has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Defee surname rose 1,302 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 80 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Defee Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Defee last name are 35.4% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 82.17% registered with the party.

Defee earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 3.97% less than the national average, earning $41,435 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Defée933/
Deffee9180/
Defeer914/
Deefee911/
Deifee911/
Defehe911/
Defees910/
Defe89668/
Defeher8311/
Deuffee831/
Diefeye831/
Desfees831/
Defeeaa831/
Defoe803,539/
Defer802,727/
Defez80751/
Defeu80239/
Deffe80207/
Defeh8095/
Defea8067/
Defet8064/
Diefe8058/
Dafee8038/
Deife8035/
Dhefe8012/
Defes8012/
Defie809/
Defey806/
Defue804/
Defei804/
Deefe803/
Deyfe802/
Difee802/
Desfe802/
Defep801/
Defye801/
Deafe801/
Defed801/
D'Efe801/
Dofee800/
Deufe800/
Defae800/
Deffeyes7771/
Diffee73717/
Defehr73371/
Deffes73329/
Defeis73281/
Defaye73257/
Defawe73243/
Deffeu73225/
Deffet73210/
Deffer73109/
Deffez73100/
Dehfer7370/
Depfer7363/
Deifer7350/
Defaie7340/
Deferr7340/
Doffee7339/
Deffge7333/
Deffie7322/
Deffey7316/
Defeat7314/
Defeyt7310/
Defeth737/
Deffoe736/
Dieffe736/
Daffee735/
Defeas734/
Deefer733/
Defher732/
Dheife732/
Defeux732/
Diefie732/
Desfer731/
Defeus731/
Defeyo731/
Deifed731/
Deafer731/
Dehfeh731/
Dafeeh731/
Deifeh731/
Difeye731/
Dheyfe731/
Defets731/
Defett731/
Defeuh731/
Defoye731/
Dehefe731/
Diefea731/
Defoue731/
Deifes731/
Depfet730/
Dafe675,014/
Defi672,213/
Dofe67995/
Defa67696/
Desfeux67668/
Dife67191/
Defy67106/
Defawes6781/
Deffett6756/
Defayes6753/
Defauwe6742/
Deaffie6739/
Deffeiz6722/
Deffeis6716/
De'fehr6710/
Defayet679/
Deephet675/
Defeijt673/
Deiffer672/
Deffeux672/
Deuffeu672/
Hdeifeh672/
Dewfess671/
Deyffea671/
Deffess671/
Defoyed671/
Deaffer671/
Defffer671/
Deafaie671/
Dieffie671/
Dafphee671/
Djfe671/
Dheffer671/
Defoyes670/

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Defee
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