Defia Surname
Approximately 100 people bear this surname
Defia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 85 | 1:1,555,873 | 103,724 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Defia (368) may also be a first name.
Defia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Defia Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Defia is found most in Indonesia. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Defia? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,849,867th most commonly held family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 72,875,459 people. This last name is mostly found in Asia, where 85 percent of Defia are found; 85 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 85 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 453,251st most frequent given name on earth, held by 368 people.
Defia is most frequently occurring in Indonesia, where it is borne by 85 people, or 1 in 1,555,873. In Indonesia it is most numerous in: Yogyakarta, where 26 percent reside, West Sumatra, where 22 percent reside and Central Java, where 18 percent reside. Other than Indonesia this last name exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Ghana, where 9 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Desfia | 91 | 31 | / |
| Deffia | 91 | 3 | / |
| Defiah | 91 | 1 | / |
| Doefia | 91 | 1 | / |
| Diefia | 91 | 1 | / |
| Dafia | 80 | 7,581 | / |
| Defio | 80 | 109 | / |
| Defea | 80 | 67 | / |
| Dofia | 80 | 40 | / |
| Defya | 80 | 7 | / |
| Difia | 80 | 3 | / |
| Deviah | 73 | 33 | / |
| Dofiah | 73 | 8 | / |
| Daffia | 73 | 8 | / |
| Diffia | 73 | 7 | / |
| Dafiah | 73 | 7 | / |
| Dephia | 73 | 6 | / |
| Dafiaa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Daifia | 73 | 1 | / |
| Defeao | 73 | 1 | / |
| Dafija | 73 | 1 | / |
| Defehai | 67 | 11 | / |
| Dhofiah | 67 | 6 | / |
| Defeeaa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Defugio | 67 | 1 | / |
| Deyffea | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Defia
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