Defontaine Surname
Approximately 2,760 people bear this surname
Defontaine Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 2,422 | 1:27,425 | 3,320 |
| Belgium | 194 | 1:59,261 | 9,566 |
| United States | 64 | 1:5,663,421 | 279,165 |
| England | 31 | 1:1,797,357 | 72,927 |
| Germany | 18 | 1:4,472,526 | 177,866 |
| Canada | 9 | 1:4,093,955 | 205,175 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Saint Barthelemy | 1 | 1:9,614 | 134 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
The alternate forms: Défontaine (15) are calculated separately.
Defontaine Demographics
Average Defontaine Salary in
United States
$40,588 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Defontaine Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Defontaine Come From? nationality or country of origin
Defontaine is most common in France. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Défontaine. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Defontaine? popularity and diffusion
The surname Defontaine is the 158,309th most frequently occurring last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 2,640,415 people. The last name Defontaine occurs predominantly in Europe, where 97 percent of Defontaine live; 95 percent live in Western Europe and 94 percent live in Gallo-Europe.
The last name Defontaine is most prevalent in France, where it is borne by 2,422 people, or 1 in 27,425. In France Defontaine is primarily concentrated in: Hauts-de-France, where 32 percent are found, Pays de la Loire, where 16 percent are found and Île-de-France, where 15 percent are found. Aside from France this last name occurs in 18 countries. It is also found in Belgium, where 7 percent are found and The United States, where 2 percent are found.
Defontaine Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Defontaine surname are 25.96% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 72.73% registered with the political party.
The amount Defontaine earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 5.94% less than the national average, earning $40,588 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.2% less than the national average, earning $45,112 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Défontaine | 97 | 15 | / |
| Desfontaine | 95 | 828 | / |
| Deffontaine | 95 | 344 | / |
| Defontaines | 95 | 98 | / |
| Defontain | 95 | 1 | / |
| Desfontaines | 91 | 2,185 | / |
| Deffontaines | 91 | 501 | / |
| Defontanes | 90 | 1 | / |
| Defantaine | 90 | 1 | / |
| Defonteine | 90 | 1 | / |
| Defontan | 89 | 1 | / |
| Desfountain | 86 | 67 | / |
| Défontaines | 86 | 1 | / |
| Defonteyne | 80 | 13 | / |
| Defonteney | 80 | 1 | / |
| Dafounteine | 76 | 0 | / |
| Defonteny | 74 | 20 | / |
| Desfonteynes | 73 | 5 | / |
| Defontenay | 70 | 68 | / |
| Desfanteynes | 64 | 1 | / |
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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 Defontaine
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