Defender Surname

4,116,508th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 23 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Iran

Defender Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Defender Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran191:4,041,185108,332
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Defender (177) may also be a first name.

Defender Last Name Facts

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

The surname Defender (Russian: Дефендер) is borne by more people in Iran than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Defender? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,116,508th most commonly occurring family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 316,849,822 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 83 percent of Defender live; 83 percent live in South Asia and 83 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Defender is also the 685,598th most commonly occurring first name at a global level, borne by 177 people.

The last name is most commonly held in Iran, where it is held by 19 people, or 1 in 4,041,185. In Iran Defender is mostly found in: Tehran Province, where 47 percent live, Ardabil Province, where 37 percent live and Isfahan Province, where 5 percent live. Outside of Iran Defender exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 9 percent live and Kenya, where 4 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Deafender940/
Defende93362/
Dieffender890/
Defendre8840/
Deffende8835/
Defendes881/
Diffender822/
Defendi803,220/
Defendy8044/
Definde801/
Didffender781/
Defendis75187/
Deffendi75106/
Défendre751/
Defendai751/
Defendio751/
Difendi6742/
Difenda671/
Defindi671/
Doifnde671/
Deshphnde591/
Difinda532/

Defender Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Defender in the Russian language
Дефендерdefender-

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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 Defender
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