Defou Surname
Approximately 27 people bear this surname
Defou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 20 | 1:1,038,453 | 65,513 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 2 | 1:681,988 | 17,017 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Defou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Defou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Defou is most common in Cameroon. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Defou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,798,600th most prevalent last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 269,909,108 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 74 percent of Defou live; 41 percent live in West Africa and 41 percent live in Chadic Africa.
The last name is most common in Cameroon, where it is borne by 20 people, or 1 in 1,038,453. In Cameroon Defou is most prevalent in: Far North Region, where 55 percent are found, West Region, where 40 percent are found and Centre Region, where 5 percent are found. Beside Cameroon Defou occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Trinidad and Tobago, where 7 percent are found and Belgium, where 4 percent are found.
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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 Defou
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