Defense Surname
Approximately 154 people bear this surname
Defense Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 76 | 1:1,010,296 | 46,499 |
| Belgium | 40 | 1:287,416 | 33,962 |
| Iraq | 16 | 1:2,188,853 | 19,343 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Haiti | 4 | 1:2,670,977 | 16,453 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Venezuela | 3 | 1:10,068,026 | 60,591 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
The alternate forms: Défense (1) are calculated separately.
Defense (186) may also be a first name.
Defense Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Defense Come From? nationality or country of origin
Defense occurs most in Iran. It can appear as a variant: Défense. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Defense? popularity and diffusion
Defense is the 1,409,418th most widely held family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 47,321,727 people. The surname is mostly found in Asia, where 61 percent of Defense are found; 49 percent are found in South Asia and 49 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 667,122nd most commonly occurring first name throughout the world. It is borne by 186 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Iran, where it is carried by 76 people, or 1 in 1,010,296. In Iran Defense is most numerous in: Tehran Province, where 46 percent are found, Fars Province, where 38 percent are found and Isfahan Province, where 11 percent are found. Without taking into account Iran it exists in 10 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 26 percent are found and Iraq, where 10 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Défense | 95 | 1 | / |
| Deffense | 93 | 266 | / |
| Defensie | 93 | 2 | / |
| Defenser | 93 | 2 | / |
| Defens | 92 | 4 | / |
| Defence | 86 | 107 | / |
| Defensa | 86 | 56 | / |
| Deffensi | 80 | 31 | / |
| Deffence | 80 | 2 | / |
| Defins | 77 | 23 | / |
| Defenza | 71 | 25 | / |
| Diffens | 71 | 7 | / |
| Difensi | 71 | 6 | / |
| Deffins | 71 | 4 | / |
| Defency | 71 | 2 | / |
| Difence | 71 | 1 | / |
| Dafenshy | 67 | 4 | / |
| Dephence | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dephenger | 63 | 0 | / |
| Dafnshi | 57 | 244 | / |
| Dafenci | 57 | 2 | / |
| Diffins | 57 | 1 | / |
| Defincy | 57 | 0 | / |
| Dephins | 57 | 0 | / |
| Dafinshi | 53 | 4 | / |
| Definger | 53 | 3 | / |
| Dafinshy | 53 | 1 | / |
| Deffinger | 50 | 131 | / |
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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 Defense
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