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 is held by more people in Iran than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant: Défense. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Defense? popularity and diffusion
The surname Defense is the 1,409,418th most prevalent surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 47,321,727 people. The surname Defense occurs mostly in Asia, where 61 percent of Defense reside; 49 percent reside in South Asia and 49 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 667,122nd most common given name worldwide It is held by 186 people.
The last name is most widespread in Iran, where it is carried by 76 people, or 1 in 1,010,296. In Iran it is most prevalent in: Tehran Province, where 46 percent reside, Fars Province, where 38 percent reside and Isfahan Province, where 11 percent reside. Besides Iran this last name is found in 10 countries. It is also found in Belgium, where 26 percent reside and Iraq, where 10 percent reside.
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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