Defter Surname

1,518,885th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 137 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Defter Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Defter Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi1051:163,03916,499
Turkey221:3,537,33793,247
England41:13,929,515290,718
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Defter Last Name Facts

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

The surname Defter is found most in Malawi. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Defter? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,518,885th most frequent last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 53,193,766 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 77 percent of Defter live; 77 percent live in Southern Africa and 77 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The last name Defter is most frequently used in Malawi, where it is borne by 105 people, or 1 in 163,039. Without taking into account Malawi this surname occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Turkey, where 16 percent reside and England, where 3 percent reside.

Defter Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Defter has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Defter last name increased 400 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Defther921/
Defte917/
Dafter832,513/
Debter83101/
Deffte8345/
Deifte8317/
Dofter8312/
Dewter832/
Difter831/
Deftey830/
Defta73710/
Defty73701/
Devte7322/
Defti7312/
Dewte734/
Difte731/
Dewtie6769/
Davter6725/
Devterova6718/
Deevte6710/
Devthe6710/
Deifta674/
Defthy674/
Dawter673/
Debhte671/
Dewthe671/
Deftha671/
Debthe671/
Deffty670/

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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 Defter
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