Deff Surname

1,620,164th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 124 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Deff Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Deff Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mauritania471:87,1255,595
Russia391:3,695,463185,353
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Algeria51:7,726,31057,379
England31:18,572,686338,250
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
France11:66,422,722504,397
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England51:4,875,074116,529
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Deff (115) may also be a first name.

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Deffe89207/
Deuff89149/
Deeff898/
Dheff891/
Dieff891/
Deaff890/
Def86234/
Deif7512,089/
Dief753,558/
Deef751,742/
Defe75668/
Diff75157/
Deft7531/
Deaf7521/
Deuf7516/
Deyf754/
Defs753/
Ddef752/
Dewf752/
Devf752/
Desf751/
Dezf751/
Defp751/
Dehf751/
Deift6769/
Duyff6758/
Diffe6748/
Deife6735/
Dioff6718/
Dhefe6712/
Dhief6712/
Dgiff676/
Dheif673/
Deefe673/
Dehef673/
Deyfe672/
Daiff672/
Desfe672/
Duiff672/
Dyffz671/
Deivf671/
Deefs671/
Deafe671/
D'Efe671/
Deifh671/
Deupf671/
Deaft670/
Defth670/
Deahf670/

Deff Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Deff in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﺪﻑaldf94.44
ﺩﻑdf5.56
Deff in the Russian language
Деффdeff-

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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Deff
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