Defeh Surname
Approximately 95 people bear this surname
Defeh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 94 | 1:816,835 | 40,564 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
Defeh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Defeh Come From? nationality or country of origin
Defeh occurs more in Iran more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Defeh? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,907,068th most frequently held surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 76,711,010 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Defeh live; 99 percent live in South Asia and 99 percent live in Islamic South Asia.
The surname Defeh is most frequently held in Iran, where it is borne by 94 people, or 1 in 816,835. In Iran it is mostly concentrated in: Kerman Province, where 85 percent reside, Razavi Khorasan Province, where 12 percent reside and East Azerbaijan Province, where 1 percent reside. Besides Iran this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in China, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Defeh
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