Defriend Surname

1,198,640th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 197 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Wales

Defriend Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Defriend Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1221:2,970,975173,956
England591:944,37447,923
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
Wales61:515,75523,171
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Defriend Last Name Facts

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

The surname Defriend is carried by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Defriend? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,198,640th most widely held surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 36,992,619 people. Defriend occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 65 percent of Defriend live; 65 percent live in North America and 65 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 122 people, or 1 in 2,970,975. In The United States Defriend is primarily found in: Texas, where 66 percent live, Louisiana, where 16 percent live and California, where 8 percent live. Not including The United States it is found in 6 countries. It is also common in England, where 30 percent live and Canada, where 3 percent live.

Defriend Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Defriend has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Defriend surname expanded 2,033 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Defriend Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Defriend last name are 19.9% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 66.67% being registered to vote for the party.

Defriend earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 5.48% less than the national average, earning $40,785 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
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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 Defriend
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