Defever Surname
Approximately 1,614 people bear this surname
Defever Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 809 | 1:14,211 | 2,151 |
| France | 426 | 1:155,922 | 24,194 |
| United States | 368 | 1:984,943 | 73,005 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 9 | 1:5,579,854 | 232,921 |
The alternate forms: Deféver (2) are calculated separately.
Defever Demographics
Average Defever Salary in
United States
$47,132 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Defever Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Defever Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Defever occurs more in Belgium more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms: Deféver. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Defever? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 246,410th most frequently used surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,515,208 people. The last name Defever is primarily found in Europe, where 77 percent of Defever reside; 77 percent reside in Western Europe and 47 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The last name Defever is most widespread in Belgium, where it is held by 809 people, or 1 in 14,211. In Belgium it is mostly concentrated in: Flemish Region, where 93 percent are found, Walloon Region, where 5 percent are found and Brussels Capital Region, where 1 percent are found. Barring Belgium this last name exists in 9 countries. It is also common in France, where 26 percent are found and The United States, where 23 percent are found.
Defever Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Defever has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Defever last name increased 4,089 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Defever Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Defever surname are 15.47% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 62.24% being registered to vote for the party.
Defever earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 9.23% more than the national average, earning $47,132 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deféver | 95 | 2 | / |
| Defevere | 93 | 187 | / |
| Defevert | 93 | 2 | / |
| Defeaver | 93 | 0 | / |
| Defeves | 86 | 2 | / |
| Desfeve | 86 | 1 | / |
| Defaver | 86 | 1 | / |
| Defevee | 86 | 0 | / |
| Dafever | 86 | 0 | / |
| Defebere | 80 | 41 | / |
| Defieber | 80 | 4 | / |
| Defeiber | 80 | 0 | / |
| Defive | 77 | 167 | / |
| Defyve | 77 | 10 | / |
| Defewe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Defives | 71 | 582 | / |
| Defoive | 71 | 13 | / |
| Defivet | 71 | 1 | / |
| Deffeuwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Defebojr | 67 | 1 | / |
| Difewe | 62 | 21 | / |
| Diffewe | 57 | 5 | / |
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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 Defever
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