Drefous Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Drefous Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Drefous Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France21:33,211,361423,184
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Drefous Last Name Facts

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

Drefous is found most frequently in France. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Drefous? popularity and diffusion

The surname Drefous is the 8,968,613th most commonly used surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. Drefous occurs mostly in The Americas, where 50 percent of Drefous reside; 50 percent reside in North America and 50 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most frequent in France, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 33,211,361. In France it is mostly found in: Occitanie, where 50 percent reside and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, where 50 percent reside. Barring France this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 50 percent reside.

Drefous Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Drefous has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Drefous surname expanded 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Drefous
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