Deffke Surname

1,328,442nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 169 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Gibraltar

Deffke Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Deffke Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1031:781,60657,825
United States591:6,143,372295,589
Poland61:6,334,792156,558
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

Deffke Last Name Facts

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

Deffke occurs most in Germany. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Deffke? popularity and diffusion

The surname Deffke is the 1,328,442nd most commonly held family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 43,121,573 people. The surname Deffke is mostly found in Europe, where 65 percent of Deffke live; 61 percent live in Western Europe and 61 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most prevalent in Germany, where it is carried by 103 people, or 1 in 781,606. In Germany it is mostly found in: Berlin, where 40 percent reside, Lower Saxony, where 23 percent reside and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 19 percent reside. Beside Germany Deffke is found in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 35 percent reside and Poland, where 4 percent reside.

Deffke Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Deffke has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 656 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Deffke Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Deffke surname are 26.91% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 73.68% being registered to vote for the party.

Deffke earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 23.81% more than the national average, earning $53,423 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Devke732,140/
Defky7336/
Döfke7335/
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Defki731/
Defka731/
Düyffcke7110/
Devket6721/
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Defkai671/
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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 Deffke
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