Defies Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Defies Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taiwan | 10 | 1:2,344,475 | 14,894 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
Defies (11) may also be a first name.
Defies Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Defies Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Defies is held by more people in Taiwan than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Defies? popularity and diffusion
Defies is the 5,391,485th most widely held family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. The surname Defies occurs predominantly in Asia, where 77 percent of Defies live; 77 percent live in East Asia and 77 percent live in Sino-East Asia. It is also the 3,487,849th most common first name throughout the world, borne by 11 people.
The surname Defies is most common in Taiwan, where it is held by 10 people, or 1 in 2,344,475. In Taiwan Defies is most frequent in: New Taipei City, where 70 percent reside and Taipei City, where 30 percent reside. Aside from Taiwan it exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 23 percent reside.
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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 Defies
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