Delafoy Surname

617,057th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 499 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Delafoy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Delafoy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France4911:135,28020,693
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Delafoy Last Name Facts

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

The surname Delafoy is held by more people in France than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Delafoy? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 617,057th most prevalent last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 14,604,300 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of Delafoy are found; 98 percent are found in Western Europe and 98 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.

Delafoy is most widespread in France, where it is held by 491 people, or 1 in 135,280. In France it is mostly found in: Centre-Val de Loire, where 52 percent live, Île-de-France, where 18 percent live and Occitanie, where 9 percent live. Beside France this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent live and Brazil, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Delafoye9315/
Delafy922/
Delafo922/
Delgafo867/
Delafay864/
Delafou862/
Delafoi862/
Delafys861/
Delafaye8011/
Delafuys804/
Delafost802/
Delafuye801/
Delafois801/
Dalafoya801/
Delafe77296/
Dalafo775/
Delafi772/
Delefo772/
Delafa772/
Delafer7145/
Delafee712/
Delafue711/
Delafie711/
Delaffe711/
Deliafa711/
Delafai711/
Delafait671/
Delofous670/
Delafish670/

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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 Delafoy
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