Defresne Surname

370,384th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 970 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
Belgium

Defresne Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Defresne Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France7371:90,12612,968
Belgium2061:55,8099,042
United States231:15,759,084542,937
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

Defresne Last Name Facts

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

Defresne is found most in France. It can appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Defresne? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 370,384th most numerous surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 7,512,934 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 97 percent of Defresne live; 97 percent live in Western Europe and 95 percent live in Gallo-Europe.

The surname is most frequently used in France, where it is borne by 737 people, or 1 in 90,126. In France it is most prevalent in: Normandy, where 42 percent are found, Île-de-France, where 21 percent are found and Hauts-de-France, where 12 percent are found. Without taking into account France this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 21 percent are found and The United States, where 2 percent are found.

Defresne Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Defresne last name are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 50% being registered with the political party.

Defresne earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 18.46% less than the national average, earning $35,184 USD per year.

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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 Defresne
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