Defourny Surname

541,435th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 593 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Defourny Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Defourny Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium4261:26,9874,294
Netherlands571:296,26635,624
Germany401:2,012,636110,053
France241:2,767,613196,808
United States201:18,122,947588,089
Brazil171:12,592,608246,358
Morocco41:8,619,02573,251
Luxembourg21:290,2718,611
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Defourny Last Name Facts

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

The surname Defourny is most common in Belgium. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Defourny.

How Common Is The Last Name Defourny? popularity and diffusion

It is the 541,435th most prevalent last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 12,289,285 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 93 percent of Defourny reside; 93 percent reside in Western Europe and 74 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.

This surname is most numerous in Belgium, where it is held by 426 people, or 1 in 26,987. In Belgium Defourny is mostly found in: Walloon Region, where 90 percent reside, Brussels Capital Region, where 7 percent reside and Flemish Region, where 3 percent reside. Barring Belgium it occurs in 10 countries. It is also found in The Netherlands, where 10 percent reside and Germany, where 7 percent reside.

Defourny Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Defourny surname are 53.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 100% being registered to vote for the party.

Defourny earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 13.05% less than the national average, earning $37,518 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Defournoy946/
Defourney945/
Deforny931/
Defourne8838/
Defourni881/
Defournie821/
Defurne8075/
Deforne8041/
Deforné803/
Deforna801/
Defournois7842/
Defournoit781/
Defournett780/
Defurnes7510/
Desfournois7476/
Deaffurne711/
Defarnett590/
Defharnais561/
Dysfornett560/

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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 Defourny
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