Defontes Surname

1,121,821st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 216 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Bermuda

Defontes Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Defontes Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1961:1,849,280120,610
Bermuda121:5,440820
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:5,021,868210,693

Defontes Last Name Facts

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

The last name Defontes occurs most in The United States. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Defontes? popularity and diffusion

The surname Defontes is the 1,121,821st most frequently used last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 33,738,638 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 99 percent of Defontes are found; 97 percent are found in North America and 97 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 196 people, or 1 in 1,849,280. In The United States Defontes is most frequent in: New York, where 22 percent are found, Maryland, where 16 percent are found and Florida, where 11 percent are found. Excluding The United States this last name occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Bermuda, where 6 percent are found and Canada, where 2 percent are found.

Defontes Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Defontes has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Defontes last name grew 1,960 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Defontes Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Defontes surname are 42.6% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 95.83% being registered with the party.

The amount Defontes earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 8.9% more than the national average, earning $46,991 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.58% less than the national average, earning $43,431 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Defonte93344/
Defontis8862/
Difontes881/
Defontie881/
Deffontis8269/
Defanttes826/
Desfontis822/
Defante802,186/
Difonte8047/
Defonty8013/
Defonté801/
Defantis7516/
Diffonte756/
Deffante755/
Defantte754/
Defaante751/
Diefante751/
Defanti67743/
Difante67143/
Difonti6720/
Defacentis671/
Defanty671/
Diffonty6337/
Diffante6312/
Deffanti637/
Difantis633/
Dephante632/
Defantti632/
Difanti5320/
Difanta531/

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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 Defontes
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