Deforest Surname

110,852nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,191 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Canada

Deforest Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Deforest Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3,7131:97,61910,884
Canada4261:86,4929,570
Italy161:3,822,293103,776
France131:5,109,440259,941
Australia91:2,999,522116,751
England71:7,959,723202,100
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7241:69,3637,515

Deforest (509) may also be a first name.

Deforest Last Name Facts

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

The last name Deforest (Russian: Дефорест) has its highest incidence in The United States. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Deforest? popularity and diffusion

The surname Deforest is the 110,852nd most numerous last name in the world, held by around 1 in 1,738,856 people. The surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 95 percent of Deforest are found; 95 percent are found in North America and 95 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 375,029th most numerous first name globally, held by 509 people.

It is most prevalent in The United States, where it is borne by 3,713 people, or 1 in 97,619. In The United States Deforest is most frequent in: New York, where 16 percent are found, California, where 11 percent are found and Michigan, where 9 percent are found. Outside of The United States this surname exists in 12 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 10 percent are found and Italy, where 0 percent are found.

Deforest Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Deforest has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Deforest last name expanded 513 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Deforest Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Deforest last name are 14.68% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 61.45% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Deforest earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 7.85% more than the national average, earning $46,535 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.35% more than the national average, earning $49,858 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Deforest Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Deforest in the Russian language
Дефорестdeforest-

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Deforest Reference & Research

Forest FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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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 Deforest
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