Defons Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
Italy

Defons Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Defons Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France21:33,211,361423,184
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Defons (22) may also be a first name.

Defons Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Defons Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Defons has its highest incidence in France. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Defons? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 8,193,072nd most numerous surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 80 percent of Defons reside; 40 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 40 percent reside in Italic Europe. It is also the 2,301,746th most commonly used first name throughout the world It is held by 22 people.

Defons is most prevalent in France, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 33,211,361. In France Defons is most prevalent in: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 50 percent are found and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, where 50 percent are found. Excluding France this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Italy, where 40 percent are found and The United States, where 20 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Defonse9213/
Desfons9211/
Defuns8388/
Defans832/
Defonce77226/
Deffans771/
Défonse771/
Defonzhe714/
Deffanse711/
Defance625/
Devahans575/
Dephonce573/
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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 Defons
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