Defour Surname

171,460th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,511 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
Belgium

Defour Surname User-submission:

Dufoor was originally Dufour, but was changed somewhere around the late 19th century or the early 20th century. There are two stories about how this name changed. One story says that a noble Frenchman called Count Dufour committed a horrible crime.

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Defour Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France1,2631:52,5916,917
Belgium8101:14,1932,146
United States3291:1,101,69979,755
Canada471:783,94961,790
Belize141:25,3911,935
Trinidad and Tobago121:113,6657,200
England71:7,959,723202,100
Antigua and Barbuda61:16,5281,436
Algeria51:7,726,31057,379
United States Virgin Islands31:36,7924,502
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Tonga11:107,313791
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States511:984,68058,342

Defour Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Dufoor was originally Dufour, but was changed somewhere around the late 19th century or the early 20th century. There are two stories about how this name changed. One story says that a noble Frenchman called Count Dufour committed a horrible crime. He was banned from France and was forced to change his name so it wouldn't sound French and more Dutch or Flemish. The other story claims that the Dutch and/or Flemish didn't know the name Dufour and therefore wrote down Dufoor on the registration papers when a family with the name Dufour came to live in Belgium.

- bjorndufoor

Defour Last Name Facts

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

Defour (Arabic: ديفور) has its highest incidence in France. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Defour? popularity and diffusion

Defour is the 171,460th most commonly held surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 2,902,248 people. The last name Defour occurs predominantly in Europe, where 83 percent of Defour reside; 83 percent reside in Western Europe and 55 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.

This last name is most frequently used in France, where it is held by 1,263 people, or 1 in 52,591. In France Defour is most common in: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 82 percent reside, Occitanie, where 7 percent reside and Île-de-France, where 4 percent reside. Outside of France this surname occurs in 23 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 32 percent reside and The United States, where 13 percent reside.

Defour Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Defour has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Defour last name increased 645 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 700 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Defour Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Defour last name are 15.6% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 68.83% being registered with the party.

The amount Defour earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 8.86% more than the national average, earning $46,972 USD per year and in Canada they earn 42.07% more than the national average, earning $70,583 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Desfour92165/
Defoure9214/
Defourd925/
Defourt923/
De'four921/
Deffour921/
Defor911,553/
Defur91237/
Deford833,185/
Defoor832,375/
Defore83970/
Deffor83847/
Defort83350/
Defoer83318/
Difour83142/
Desfor8346/
Deffur8346/
Defaur8341/
Defuhr8324/
Defurr837/
Deforr833/
Defure833/
Deufor831/
Dehfur831/
Deefor831/
Defoër831/
Defoort771,431/
Deforth77110/
Defoore7773/
Deforzh7729/
Defford7714/
Dedford779/
Deffore778/
Desfaur775/
Deffeur773/
Defoire773/
Desford772/
Daifour772/
Defoyer772/
Deffort772/
Deffoor772/
Defeure771/
Defaure771/
Depford771/
Desfort771/
Deforre771/
Deufaur771/
Detford770/
Desfore770/
Defar738,316/
Difor7318/
Difur739/
Defoirdt71155/
Dephoure7142/
Detfurth7120/
Defurova715/
D'Deford711/
Deifford711/
Deadford711/
Dewforth710/
Deffar67519/
Difort6774/
Dyfort6769/
Diffor6751/
Dehfar6742/
Defare6730/
Defard6724/
Diffur6722/
Difore6717/
Daifur6713/
Difurt676/
Defeer674/
Dyford674/
Dayfor673/
Defair672/
Dedfar671/
Devfar671/
Dyfoyr671/
Difure671/
Defeir671/
Desfar671/
Dizfor671/
Defier671/
Diford671/
Dephor670/

Defour Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Defour in the Arabic language
ديفورdyfwr-

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