Desfontaine Surname
Approximately 828 people bear this surname
Desfontaine Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 789 | 1:84,186 | 11,961 |
| New Caledonia | 26 | 1:10,624 | 2,723 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
Desfontaine Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Desfontaine Come From? nationality or country of origin
Desfontaine is most common in France. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Desfontaine? popularity and diffusion
It is the 419,303rd most widespread family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 8,801,384 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 93 percent of Desfontaine reside; 93 percent reside in Western Europe and 93 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.
This last name is most widely held in France, where it is carried by 789 people, or 1 in 84,186. In France it is mostly found in: Hauts-de-France, where 30 percent are found, Pays de la Loire, where 19 percent are found and Normandy, where 13 percent are found. Beside France this surname exists in 8 countries. It is also found in New Caledonia, where 3 percent are found and South Africa, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Desfontaines | 96 | 2,185 | / |
| Defontaine | 95 | 2,760 | / |
| Deffontaine | 91 | 344 | / |
| Defontaines | 91 | 98 | / |
| Desfountain | 91 | 67 | / |
| Defontain | 90 | 1 | / |
| Deffontaines | 87 | 501 | / |
| Défontaine | 86 | 15 | / |
| Defontanes | 86 | 1 | / |
| Defonteine | 86 | 1 | / |
| Defantaine | 86 | 1 | / |
| Defontan | 84 | 1 | / |
| Défontaines | 82 | 1 | / |
| Desfonteynes | 78 | 5 | / |
| Defonteyne | 76 | 13 | / |
| Defonteney | 76 | 1 | / |
| Defonteny | 70 | 20 | / |
| Desfanteynes | 70 | 1 | / |
| Defontenay | 67 | 68 | / |
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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 Desfontaine
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