Defever Surname

246,410th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,614 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Defever Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Defever Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium8091:14,2112,151
France4261:155,92224,194
United States3681:984,94373,005
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

The alternate forms: Deféver (2) are calculated separately.

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Deféver952/
Defevere93187/
Defevert932/
Defeaver930/
Defeves862/
Desfeve861/
Defaver861/
Defevee860/
Dafever860/
Defebere8041/
Defieber804/
Defeiber800/
Defive77167/
Defyve7710/
Defewe771/
Defives71582/
Defoive7113/
Defivet711/
Deffeuwe671/
Defebojr671/
Difewe6221/
Diffewe575/

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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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