Defo Surname
Approximately 3,716 people bear this surname
Defo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 3,499 | 1:5,936 | 719 |
| Russia | 87 | 1:1,656,587 | 109,852 |
| Ethiopia | 16 | 1:6,096,641 | 11,907 |
| Germany | 15 | 1:5,367,031 | 196,901 |
| Solomon Islands | 14 | 1:41,431 | 8,080 |
| United States | 13 | 1:27,881,456 | 736,413 |
| Canada | 10 | 1:3,684,559 | 191,443 |
| France | 8 | 1:8,302,840 | 321,660 |
| Belarus | 5 | 1:1,900,212 | 97,012 |
| Taiwan | 5 | 1:4,688,949 | 27,695 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Transnistria | 1 | 1:474,699 | 17,893 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 30 | 1:1,673,956 | 87,330 |
The alternate forms: Défo (1) are calculated separately.
Defo (1,508) may also be a first name.
Defo Demographics
Average Defo Salary in
United States
$51,425 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Defo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Defo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Defo (Russian: Дефо) occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as: Défo. Click here for other possible spellings of Defo.
How Common Is The Last Name Defo? popularity and diffusion
The last name Defo is the 122,938th most common surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 1,961,126 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Defo reside; 94 percent reside in Central Africa and 94 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Defo is also the 200,119th most common first name worldwide. It is borne by 1,508 people.
Defo is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is borne by 3,499 people, or 1 in 5,936. In Cameroon it is most common in: Centre Region, where 31 percent live, West Region, where 31 percent live and Littoral Region, where 30 percent live. Aside from Cameroon it exists in 37 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 2 percent live and Ethiopia, where 0 percent live.
Defo Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Defo has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Defo surname fell 57 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Defo Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is chiefly Orthodox (85%) in Russia and Orthodox (100%) in Ukraine.
Defo earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 19.18% more than the national average, earning $51,425 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Defo Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Defo in the Russian language | ||
| Дефо | defo | - |
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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 Defo
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