Défago Surname

793,288th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 355 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Switzerland
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Défago Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Défago Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Switzerland3521:23,3323,690
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
France11:66,422,722504,397
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Defago (448) & Defagó (3) are calculated separately.

Défago Last Name Facts

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

Défago is most common in Switzerland. It can occur as: Defago or Defagó. Click here for further potential spellings of Défago.

How Common Is The Last Name Défago? popularity and diffusion

Défago is the 793,288th most frequent family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 20,528,298 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Défago live; 99 percent live in Western Europe and 94 percent live in Gallo-Europe.

Défago is most widespread in Switzerland, where it is borne by 352 people, or 1 in 23,332. In Switzerland it is mostly concentrated in: Canton of Valais, where 87 percent reside, Canton of Vaud, where 6 percent reside and Canton of St Gallen, where 3 percent reside. Without taking into account Switzerland Défago occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 0 percent reside and France, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Defago94448/
Defagó893/
Dafago831/
Defagot77450/
Defgago771/
Dafogo67926/
Dafaga673/
Dofaga671/
Diefaga62556/
Difanga6278/
Defgogo6243/
Difongo6232/
Dafegho622/
Deffogou5716/
Dieffaga5711/
Defega5063/
Difega507/
Dafoga501/
Dafega501/
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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 Défago
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