Defontis Surname
Approximately 62 people bear this surname
Defontis Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 59 | 1:1,125,809 | 120,603 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Defontis Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Defontis Come From? nationality or country of origin
Defontis is most common in France. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Defontis? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,436,415th most common surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 117,541,063 people. Defontis occurs mostly in Europe, where 97 percent of Defontis are found; 97 percent are found in Western Europe and 94 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.
It is most prevalent in France, where it is held by 59 people, or 1 in 1,125,809. In France Defontis is mostly concentrated in: Grand Est, where 80 percent live, Île-de-France, where 7 percent live and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 5 percent live. Besides France it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 2 percent live and Switzerland, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deffontis | 94 | 69 | / |
| Desfontis | 94 | 2 | / |
| Defontes | 88 | 216 | / |
| Defantis | 88 | 16 | / |
| Defontie | 88 | 1 | / |
| Defanti | 80 | 743 | / |
| Defonte | 80 | 344 | / |
| Difonti | 80 | 20 | / |
| Defonty | 80 | 13 | / |
| Defonté | 80 | 1 | / |
| Defacentis | 78 | 1 | / |
| Deffanti | 75 | 7 | / |
| Difantis | 75 | 3 | / |
| Defantti | 75 | 2 | / |
| Difontes | 75 | 1 | / |
| Defanttes | 71 | 6 | / |
| Defante | 67 | 2,186 | / |
| Difonte | 67 | 47 | / |
| Difanti | 67 | 20 | / |
| Defanty | 67 | 1 | / |
| Diffonty | 63 | 37 | / |
| Diffonte | 63 | 6 | / |
| Deffante | 63 | 5 | / |
| Defantte | 63 | 4 | / |
| Diefante | 63 | 1 | / |
| Defaante | 63 | 1 | / |
| Difante | 53 | 143 | / |
| Difanta | 53 | 1 | / |
| Diffante | 50 | 12 | / |
| Dephante | 50 | 2 | / |
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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 Defontis
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