Defriest Surname

2,220,661st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 73 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Defriest Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Defriest Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States721:5,034,152256,679
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States221:2,282,667111,005

Defriest Last Name Facts

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

The surname Defriest is borne by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Defriest? popularity and diffusion

The surname Defriest is the 2,220,661st most frequently held family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 99,829,396 people. The surname Defriest occurs mostly in The Americas, where 64 percent of Defriest reside; 64 percent reside in North America and 64 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most commonly used in The United States, where it is held by 72 people, or 1 in 5,034,152. In The United States it is most common in: Florida, where 28 percent are found, Virginia, where 11 percent are found and California, where 8 percent are found. Without taking into account The United States this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Australia, where 1 percent are found.

Defriest Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Defriest has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Defriest surname increased 327 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Defriest Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Defriest last name are 22.46% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 69.23% being registered to vote for the party.

Defriest earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 26.37% more than the national average, earning $54,528 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Defries931,486/
Defrist931/
Defrest930/
Defriese88316/
Defreest88238/
Deffries8826/
Defriess8815/
Defreyst881/
Deefries881/
Defrieds880/
Defrie862/
Defriesse8242/
Defriez80196/
Defriis804/
Defrioe803/
Defrier803/
Defrust800/
Defriece75194/
Dephries751/
Defreeis751/
Defrehis750/
Defreay671/
Defreheu630/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Defriest
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