Defera Surname

3,665,662nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 29 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ethiopia
Highest density in:
Solomon Islands

Defera Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Defera Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ethiopia251:3,901,85010,182
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243

Defera (29) may also be a first name.

Defera Last Name Facts

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

Defera occurs more in Ethiopia more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Defera? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,665,662nd most commonly held surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 251,294,687 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 86 percent of Defera live; 86 percent live in East Africa and 86 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 1,951,561st most frequently held first name world-wide, held by 29 people.

It is most frequently held in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 25 people, or 1 in 3,901,850. Besides Ethiopia this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 7 percent live and Indonesia, where 3 percent live.

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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 Defera
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