Desfayes Surname
Approximately 34 people bear this surname
Desfayes Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 25 | 1:328,517 | 25,592 |
| United States | 9 | 1:40,273,215 | 872,126 |
Desfayes Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Desfayes Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Desfayes has its highest incidence in Switzerland. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Desfayes? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,373,373rd most numerous family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 214,339,586 people. The last name Desfayes is mostly found in Europe, where 74 percent of Desfayes reside; 74 percent reside in Western Europe and 71 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.
This last name is most widely held in Switzerland, where it is carried by 25 people, or 1 in 328,517. In Switzerland Desfayes is primarily concentrated in: Canton of Vaud, where 68 percent live, Canton of Valais, where 16 percent live and Republic and Canton of Geneva, where 8 percent live. Without taking into account Switzerland Desfayes exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 26 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Defayes | 93 | 53 | / |
| Desfawes | 88 | 24 | / |
| Deffayes | 88 | 1 | / |
| Defays | 86 | 1,043 | / |
| Defaye | 86 | 257 | / |
| Defawes | 80 | 81 | / |
| Défayes | 80 | 62 | / |
| Defayet | 80 | 9 | / |
| Deffays | 80 | 3 | / |
| Desfees | 80 | 1 | / |
| Defoyes | 80 | 0 | / |
| Defay | 77 | 1,751 | / |
| Defye | 77 | 1 | / |
| Defae | 77 | 0 | / |
| Defauwes | 75 | 168 | / |
| Defaysse | 75 | 72 | / |
| Deffeyes | 75 | 71 | / |
| Deffayet | 75 | 37 | / |
| Desfaits | 75 | 9 | / |
| Defhaies | 75 | 3 | / |
| Defawe | 71 | 243 | / |
| Deffay | 71 | 231 | / |
| Defais | 71 | 202 | / |
| Defaie | 71 | 40 | / |
| Defaus | 71 | 28 | / |
| Defayi | 71 | 14 | / |
| Defies | 71 | 13 | / |
| Desfigies | 71 | 11 | / |
| Desfausse | 71 | 2 | / |
| Difaye | 71 | 2 | / |
| Defoes | 71 | 1 | / |
| Defayo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Defoye | 71 | 1 | / |
| Deifay | 71 | 1 | / |
| Desfai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Defees | 71 | 0 | / |
| Desfeux | 67 | 668 | / |
| Defauwe | 67 | 42 | / |
| Desfois | 67 | 2 | / |
| Diffaye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Defaust | 67 | 1 | / |
| Deafaie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dephaye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Diefeye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Defoyed | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Desfayes
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