Defey Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Defey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uruguay | 4 | 1:857,940 | 31,713 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
Defey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Defey Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Defey occurs more in Uruguay more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Defey? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 7,593,402nd most frequent family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 83 percent of Defey are found; 83 percent are found in South America and 67 percent are found in Hispanic Southern America.
The last name is most frequent in Uruguay, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 857,940. In Uruguay Defey is most frequent in: Montevideo Department, where 100 percent live. Not including Uruguay it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Colombia, where 17 percent live and Italy, where 17 percent live.
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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 Defey
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