Defeu Surname
Approximately 239 people bear this surname
Defeu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 187 | 1:111,065 | 12,922 |
| England | 18 | 1:3,095,448 | 105,421 |
| Belgium | 16 | 1:718,540 | 60,840 |
| Brazil | 12 | 1:17,839,528 | 311,080 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3 | 1:8,125,123 | 158,686 |
Defeu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Defeu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Defeu is found most in Cameroon. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Defeu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,048,281st most frequently used last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 30,491,824 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 78 percent of Defeu reside; 78 percent reside in Central Africa and 78 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
This surname is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 187 people, or 1 in 111,065. In Cameroon Defeu is mostly concentrated in: Centre Region, where 35 percent reside, Littoral Region, where 30 percent reside and West Region, where 30 percent reside. Beside Cameroon this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also common in England, where 8 percent reside and Belgium, where 7 percent reside.
Defeu Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Defeu has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Defeu last name rose 600 percent between 1881 and 2014.
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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 Defeu
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