Defuns Surname
Approximately 88 people bear this surname
Defuns Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 84 | 1:97,773 | 10,519 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
Defuns Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Defuns Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Defuns is more commonly found in Switzerland than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Defuns? popularity and diffusion
Defuns is the 1,994,173rd most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 82,813,022 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 95 percent of Defuns reside; 95 percent reside in Western Europe and 95 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The last name is most prevalent in Switzerland, where it is carried by 84 people, or 1 in 97,773. In Switzerland Defuns is primarily found in: Canton of Graubünden, where 44 percent live, Canton of Zürich, where 31 percent live and Canton of Zug, where 11 percent live. Barring Switzerland this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in Thailand, where 5 percent live.
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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 Defuns
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