Defeijter Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Belgium

Defeijter Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Defeijter Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:45,307,367917,113
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
England11:55,718,059489,080
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Defeijter Last Name Facts

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

Defeijter is most common in The United States. It may also appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Defeijter? popularity and diffusion

The last name Defeijter is the 5,391,485th most commonly used last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. The last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 62 percent of Defeijter are found; 62 percent are found in North America and 62 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most commonly used in The United States, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 45,307,367. In The United States Defeijter is primarily concentrated in: Michigan, where 75 percent are found, District of Columbia, where 13 percent are found and Texas, where 13 percent are found. Besides The United States it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 23 percent are found and England, where 8 percent are found.

Defeijter Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Defeijter has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Defeijter last name grew 800 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Defeijter Last Name Statistics demography

Defeijter earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 25.55% more than the national average, earning $54,175 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Defeter880/
Defeyter82277/
Defetter821/
Defester821/
Defeites821/
Defuiter820/
Defete801/
Defite801/
Defeyeter781/
Desfete7585/
Defaite7520/
Defeita751/
Dafeter750/
Desfetes7165/
Defeated717/
Defiette715/
Defeytes714/
Defather711/
Defeytei711/
Dafeyter711/
Defita67434/
Defayette67352/
Defate6728/
Difite674/
Defety673/
Defeti673/
Deffeytes671/
Defiyette671/

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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
  • 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 Defeijter
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