Defois Surname
Approximately 922 people bear this surname
Defois Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 914 | 1:72,673 | 10,166 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Defois Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Defois Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Defois occurs more in France more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Defois? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 385,337th most frequently held surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 7,904,063 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Defois are found; 99 percent are found in Western Europe and 99 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.
The last name is most frequent in France, where it is carried by 914 people, or 1 in 72,673. In France Defois is most numerous in: Pays de la Loire, where 73 percent live, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 9 percent live and Île-de-France, where 6 percent live. Other than France this surname exists in 8 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 0 percent live and Chile, where 0 percent live.
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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
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