Defny Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Defny Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Defny (118) may also be a first name.
Defny Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Defny Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Defny occurs in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Defny.
How Common Is The Last Name Defny? popularity and diffusion
The surname Defny is the 8,968,613th most commonly used last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 50 percent of Defny live; 50 percent live in North America and 50 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 859,937th most common first name worldwide. It is borne by 118 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 4,076,858. In Papua New Guinea it is most prevalent in: East New Britain, where 100 percent live. Outside of Papua New Guinea Defny is found in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 50 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Defney | 91 | 5 | / |
| Defenny | 83 | 1 | / |
| Deffney | 83 | 0 | / |
| Defne | 80 | 100 | / |
| Defni | 80 | 28 | / |
| Definney | 77 | 55 | / |
| Defnet | 73 | 108 | / |
| Defner | 73 | 69 | / |
| Defnaj | 73 | 18 | / |
| Defnie | 73 | 2 | / |
| Difney | 73 | 0 | / |
| Deffner | 67 | 1,629 | / |
| Defgnee | 67 | 36 | / |
| Dephney | 67 | 7 | / |
| Diffney | 67 | 2 | / |
| Defenne | 67 | 1 | / |
| Defienne | 62 | 51 | / |
| Definnis | 62 | 45 | / |
| Deiffner | 62 | 0 | / |
| Difni | 60 | 118 | / |
| Difna | 60 | 6 | / |
| Däfner | 55 | 18 | / |
| Dephne | 55 | 4 | / |
| Dephna | 55 | 1 | / |
| Daifne | 55 | 1 | / |
| Diffner | 50 | 84 | / |
| Däffner | 50 | 33 | / |
| Difinna | 50 | 11 | / |
| Dephnie | 50 | 1 | / |
| Dephnis | 50 | 1 | / |
| Dephner | 50 | 0 | / |
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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
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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Defny
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