Deff Surname
Approximately 124 people bear this surname
Deff Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 47 | 1:87,125 | 5,595 |
| Russia | 39 | 1:3,695,463 | 185,353 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Algeria | 5 | 1:7,726,310 | 57,379 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 5 | 1:4,875,074 | 116,529 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Deff (115) may also be a first name.
Deff Demographics
Average Deff Salary in
England
£33,880
Per year
Average Salary in
England
£26,976
Per year
Deff Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Deff Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Deff (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺪﻑ, Russian: Дефф) is found in Mauritania more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Deff? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,620,164th most commonly occurring family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 58,770,532 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 42 percent of Deff live; 38 percent live in West Africa and 38 percent live in Senegambia Africa. Deff is also the 873,022nd most commonly held first name throughout the world, held by 115 people.
The surname Deff is most prevalent in Mauritania, where it is held by 47 people, or 1 in 87,125. In Mauritania it is most common in: Tagant Region, where 62 percent reside, Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region, where 21 percent reside and Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 11 percent reside. Without taking into account Mauritania it exists in 25 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 31 percent reside and The United States, where 4 percent reside.
Deff Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Deff has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Deff last name grew 500 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 40 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deffe | 89 | 207 | / |
| Deuff | 89 | 149 | / |
| Deeff | 89 | 8 | / |
| Dheff | 89 | 1 | / |
| Dieff | 89 | 1 | / |
| Deaff | 89 | 0 | / |
| Def | 86 | 234 | / |
| Deif | 75 | 12,089 | / |
| Dief | 75 | 3,558 | / |
| Deef | 75 | 1,742 | / |
| Defe | 75 | 668 | / |
| Diff | 75 | 157 | / |
| Deft | 75 | 31 | / |
| Deaf | 75 | 21 | / |
| Deuf | 75 | 16 | / |
| Deyf | 75 | 4 | / |
| Defs | 75 | 3 | / |
| Ddef | 75 | 2 | / |
| Dewf | 75 | 2 | / |
| Devf | 75 | 2 | / |
| Desf | 75 | 1 | / |
| Dezf | 75 | 1 | / |
| Defp | 75 | 1 | / |
| Dehf | 75 | 1 | / |
| Deift | 67 | 69 | / |
| Duyff | 67 | 58 | / |
| Diffe | 67 | 48 | / |
| Deife | 67 | 35 | / |
| Dioff | 67 | 18 | / |
| Dhefe | 67 | 12 | / |
| Dhief | 67 | 12 | / |
| Dgiff | 67 | 6 | / |
| Dheif | 67 | 3 | / |
| Deefe | 67 | 3 | / |
| Dehef | 67 | 3 | / |
| Deyfe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Daiff | 67 | 2 | / |
| Desfe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Duiff | 67 | 2 | / |
| Dyffz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Deivf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Deefs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Deafe | 67 | 1 | / |
| D'Efe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Deifh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Deupf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Deaft | 67 | 0 | / |
| Defth | 67 | 0 | / |
| Deahf | 67 | 0 | / |
Deff Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Deff in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺪﻑ | aldf | 94.44 |
| ﺩﻑ | df | 5.56 |
| Deff in the Russian language | ||
| Дефф | deff | - |
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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 Deff
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