Defraitas Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Saint Lucia
Highest density in:
Saint Lucia

Defraitas Surname User-submission:

The surname Defraitas means 'one who lives for others happiness'.

Defraitas Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Saint Lucia81:22,3481,601
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
England11:55,718,059489,080

Defraitas Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The surname Defraitas means 'one who lives for others happiness'.

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Defraitas Last Name Facts

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

The surname Defraitas has its highest incidence in Saint Lucia. It may also occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Defraitas? popularity and diffusion

The surname Defraitas is the 5,213,395th most numerous last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. The surname Defraitas is mostly found in The Americas, where 86 percent of Defraitas reside; 57 percent reside in Caribbean and 57 percent reside in Anglo-Caribbean.

The surname is most frequent in Saint Lucia, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 22,348. In Saint Lucia it is most numerous in: Gros Islet Quarter, where 100 percent live. Not including Saint Lucia it exists in 4 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 21 percent live and Belgium, where 7 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Defritas9427/
Defreitas895,755/
Defrietas8951/
Defrita88244/
Defrata883/
Deffreitas844/
De'freitas843/
Desfreitas841/
Devfreitas841/
Defreiitas841/
Defreita8219/
Defretas8210/
Defrieta821/
Defreytas7845/
Defrettas783/
Dafreitas782/
Defreitad781/
Difreitas781/
Difratta711/
Defreito711/
Difrato631/
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Footnotes

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Defraitas
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