Defesche Surname

993,593rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 258 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Defesche Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Defesche Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands2001:84,43614,055
Belgium311:370,85940,209
United States121:30,204,911765,334
France51:13,284,544357,392
Scotland51:1,070,76331,189
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

Defesche Last Name Facts

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

The surname Defesche is carried by more people in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Defesche? popularity and diffusion

The surname Defesche is the 993,593rd most frequently held family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 28,246,302 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 94 percent of Defesche live; 92 percent live in Western Europe and 79 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most prevalent in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 200 people, or 1 in 84,436. In The Netherlands it is most frequent in: Limburg, where 54 percent are found, North Holland, where 16 percent are found and North Brabant, where 13 percent are found. Barring The Netherlands this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 12 percent are found and The United States, where 5 percent are found.

Defesche Last Name Statistics demography

Defesche earn more than double the average income. In United States they earn 161.76% more than the national average, earning $112,946 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Defeche93222/
Defosche889/
Defese8612/
Defischer822/
Defêche8064/
Defèche807/
Defiece803/
Defishe803/
Defeuce802/
Defesse801/
Defiese801/
Defeece801/
Defes7712/
Defisher75221/
Defoiche7520/
Defoschi753/
Defesset751/
Deffes71329/
Defeis71281/
Diefes71116/
Dafese7156/
Defesa7124/
Defesi7119/
Defies7113/
Defeas714/
Defets711/
Deifes711/
Dafece711/
Deffeisse711/
Difese711/
Defeze711/
Defeus711/
Defich710/
Defees710/
Deichfischer7012/
Difesca6741/
Deffeis6716/
Defichy6712/
Defasci672/
Difeuce671/
Desfees671/
Deffess671/
Dewfess671/
Deufess670/

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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 Defesche
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