Defevere Surname

1,239,697th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 187 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Defevere Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Defevere Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium1401:82,11912,906
United States421:8,629,975373,648
France41:16,605,680368,153
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

Defevere Last Name Facts

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

Defevere is more frequently found in Belgium than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Defevere? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,239,697th most prevalent last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 38,970,834 people. The surname Defevere occurs mostly in Europe, where 78 percent of Defevere reside; 77 percent reside in Western Europe and 73 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most common in Belgium, where it is held by 140 people, or 1 in 82,119. In Belgium it is most frequent in: Flemish Region, where 98 percent reside, Brussels Capital Region, where 1 percent reside and Walloon Region, where 1 percent reside. Not including Belgium Defevere is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 22 percent reside and France, where 2 percent reside.

Defevere Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Defevere last name are 3.02% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 56.25% being registered with the party.

Defevere earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 51.44% more than the national average, earning $65,346 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Defever931,614/
Defavere8870/
Defebere8841/
Defevert882/
Defeveri881/
Defeaver880/
Deféver802/
Defaveri75859/
Defavare7514/
Defavery756/
Defavore751/
Defeiber750/
Defevira750/
Deffaveri7140/
Desfivetri6740/
Defavari63453/
Defavori6348/
Dafeware6327/
Defavary638/
Dafaveri631/
Defebojr631/
Dafavari501/

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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 Defevere
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