Defesa Surname
Approximately 24 people bear this surname
Defesa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 14 | 1:586,637 | 40,624 |
| Brazil | 9 | 1:23,786,037 | 375,389 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Defesa (19) may also be a first name.
Defesa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Defesa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Defesa occurs most in Switzerland. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Defesa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,034,050th most common surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 303,647,746 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 63 percent of Defesa are found; 58 percent are found in Western Europe and 58 percent are found in Germanic Europe. It is also the 2,523,061st most commonly occurring first name globally. It is borne by 19 people.
Defesa is most frequently used in Switzerland, where it is carried by 14 people, or 1 in 586,637. In Switzerland it is most numerous in: Canton of Zürich, where 100 percent are found. Aside from Switzerland it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 38 percent are found and Spain, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Defoesa | 92 | 1 | / |
| Difesa | 83 | 109 | / |
| Defisa | 83 | 96 | / |
| Defeso | 83 | 19 | / |
| Defesi | 83 | 19 | / |
| Defese | 83 | 12 | / |
| Defeza | 83 | 2 | / |
| Dafesa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Defexa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Difoesa | 77 | 167 | / |
| Defossa | 77 | 46 | / |
| Difesca | 77 | 41 | / |
| Defosha | 77 | 15 | / |
| Defezza | 77 | 12 | / |
| Defissa | 77 | 8 | / |
| Dhefisa | 77 | 4 | / |
| Deffisa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Defesse | 77 | 1 | / |
| Defiese | 77 | 1 | / |
| Defecia | 77 | 0 | / |
| Defesche | 71 | 258 | / |
| Defeheza | 71 | 1 | / |
| Deffissa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Defeussi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Defesset | 71 | 1 | / |
| Deveisah | 71 | 1 | / |
| Defize | 67 | 139 | / |
| Defise | 67 | 76 | / |
| Difosa | 67 | 16 | / |
| Dafosa | 67 | 12 | / |
| Deiffisah | 67 | 11 | / |
| Defoßa | 67 | 10 | / |
| Defiso | 67 | 3 | / |
| Defice | 67 | 3 | / |
| Defazo | 67 | 3 | / |
| Defica | 67 | 1 | / |
| Difisa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Defoza | 67 | 1 | / |
| Deffeisse | 67 | 1 | / |
| Defoso | 67 | 1 | / |
| Defeze | 67 | 1 | / |
| Difese | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Defesa
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