Delafon Surname

1,239,697th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 187 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Delafon Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Delafon Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France1741:381,74056,584
England31:18,572,686338,250
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128

Delafon Last Name Facts

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

The surname Delafon is more frequently found in France than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Delafon? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,239,697th most prevalent surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 38,970,834 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 97 percent of Delafon are found; 94 percent are found in Western Europe and 94 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.

The last name is most common in France, where it is carried by 174 people, or 1 in 381,740. In France it is mostly concentrated in: Île-de-France, where 52 percent reside, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 20 percent reside and Centre-Val de Loire, where 11 percent reside. Besides France it occurs in 10 countries. It is also found in England, where 2 percent reside and Italy, where 1 percent reside.

Delafon Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Delafon has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Delafon last name increased 300 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Delafond93390/
Delafont93389/
Delaffon933/
Delafone930/
Delaffond8823/
Delofon8692/
Dalafon8638/
Delefon865/
Deloffon807/
Delafane803/
Delofond800/
Dolafan712/
Dilafan711/
Delephan670/
Delophont6311/
Delaphant630/
Dolofan57258/

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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 Delafon
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