Defonse Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Haiti

Defonse Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Defonse Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:51,779,848968,877
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Italy11:61,156,688199,583

The alternate forms: Défonse (1) are calculated separately.

Defonse (199) may also be a first name.

Defonse Last Name Facts

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

The last name Defonse is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms: Défonse. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Defonse? popularity and diffusion

It is the 5,391,485th most common family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. It is primarily found in The Americas, where 62 percent of Defonse live; 54 percent live in North America and 54 percent live in Anglo-North America. Defonse is also the 642,605th most commonly used first name globally It is held by 199 people.

The last name Defonse is most commonly used in The United States, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 51,779,848. In The United States Defonse is most common in: California, where 43 percent are found, Connecticut, where 29 percent are found and New York, where 29 percent are found. Apart from The United States it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 31 percent are found and Haiti, where 8 percent are found.

Defonse Last Name Statistics demography

Defonse earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 72.91% less than the national average, earning $11,688 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Défonse951/
Defonsey934/
Defons925/
Defonce86226/
Defonsi8634/
Desfons8611/
Defonzhe804/
Deffanse801/
Defans772/
Desfonges751/
Dafonseea751/
Defonzi7111/
Dofonsi716/
Defance715/
Defonza714/
Difonsi712/
Deffans711/
Defange711/
Dafonsi711/
Dephonce673/
Dofonssi672/
Defondji671/
Doffonsi671/
Defancis671/
Deffondji631/
Defancy571/
Devahans535/

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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
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Defonse
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