Defuentes Surname

1,551,568th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 133 people bear this surname

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

Defuentes Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Defuentes Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1171:3,097,940179,693
Brazil111:19,461,303329,560
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States151:3,347,912150,340

Defuentes Last Name Facts

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

Defuentes is more frequently found in The United States than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Defuentes? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,551,568th most frequently occurring family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 54,793,578 people. The last name Defuentes is mostly found in The Americas, where 97 percent of Defuentes are found; 88 percent are found in North America and 87 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most widely held in The United States, where it is carried by 117 people, or 1 in 3,097,940. In The United States Defuentes is most prevalent in: California, where 25 percent are found, Florida, where 19 percent are found and Texas, where 15 percent are found. Without taking into account The United States Defuentes exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 8 percent are found and Spain, where 2 percent are found.

Defuentes Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Defuentes has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Defuentes last name increased 780 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Defuentes Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Defuentes surname are 26.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 80% being registered to vote for the political party.

Defuentes earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 9.88% less than the national average, earning $38,888 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 Defuentes
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