Defer Surname
Approximately 2,727 people bear this surname
Defer Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 2,004 | 1:33,145 | 4,023 |
| United States | 375 | 1:966,557 | 71,847 |
| Belgium | 215 | 1:53,473 | 8,718 |
| Canada | 48 | 1:767,616 | 60,775 |
| England | 31 | 1:1,797,357 | 72,927 |
| Ukraine | 22 | 1:2,069,213 | 143,711 |
| Germany | 13 | 1:6,192,728 | 213,814 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 6 | 1:4,062,562 | 101,150 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 54 | 1:929,976 | 55,839 |
The alternate forms: Defèr (2) are calculated separately.
Defer (56) may also be a first name.
Defer Demographics
Average Defer Salary in
United States
$44,800 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Defer Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Defer Come From? nationality or country of origin
Defer is carried by more people in France than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as: Defèr. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Defer? popularity and diffusion
The last name Defer is the 159,970th most commonly used surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 2,672,367 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 84 percent of Defer live; 82 percent live in Western Europe and 79 percent live in Gallo-Europe. Defer is also the 1,321,957th most common first name world-wide, held by 56 people.
The surname is most common in France, where it is held by 2,004 people, or 1 in 33,145. In France it is mostly concentrated in: Hauts-de-France, where 29 percent reside, Île-de-France, where 23 percent reside and Grand Est, where 18 percent reside. Not including France this last name is found in 23 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 14 percent reside and Belgium, where 8 percent reside.
Defer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Defer has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 694 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 517 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Defer Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Defer last name are 2.27% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 50.96% registered with the party.
The amount Defer earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 3.83% more than the national average, earning $44,800 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.83% more than the national average, earning $54,071 CAD per year.
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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
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