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 last name Defeu is found in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Defeu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,048,281st most frequently held surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 30,491,824 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 78 percent of Defeu are found; 78 percent are found in Central Africa and 78 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
Defeu is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is carried by 187 people, or 1 in 111,065. In Cameroon Defeu is most numerous in: Centre Region, where 35 percent live, Littoral Region, where 30 percent live and West Region, where 30 percent live. Apart from Cameroon Defeu exists in 6 countries. It is also found in England, where 8 percent live and Belgium, where 7 percent live.
Defeu Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Defeu has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Defeu last name increased 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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