Defotsing Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Defotsing Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 11 | 1:1,888,097 | 98,267 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Defotsing Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Defotsing Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Defotsing occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Defotsing? popularity and diffusion
The surname Defotsing is the 5,587,209th most frequent family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Defotsing live; 92 percent live in Central Africa and 92 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 1,888,097. In Cameroon it is primarily found in: Littoral Region, where 91 percent are found and West Region, where 9 percent are found. Besides Cameroon this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in South Africa, where 8 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deffotsing | 95 | 2 | / |
| Tefotsing | 89 | 2 | / |
| Difotsing | 89 | 1 | / |
| Diffotsing | 84 | 1 | / |
| Tafotsing | 78 | 24 | / |
| Difitsweng | 63 | 4 | / |
| Tevita-Singh | 57 | 1 | / |
| Davdsingh | 56 | 3 | / |
| Dwivedi Singh | 55 | 1 | / |
| Davdsingha | 53 | 5 | / |
| Tophutsang | 53 | 1 | / |
| Dhavadasing | 50 | 8 | / |
| Davadasingu | 50 | 4 | / |
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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 Defotsing
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