Defaux is used as a family name or surname in France. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Defaux
No. of characters: 6
Origin: France
Meaning: Focused in the Nord department, means the person who lives in a place called false (= beech) or originated. The place name is very common, it is also the name of two towns in the Pas-de-Calais and the Ardennes. Related forms: Default, Defaulx, Default, Defauw, eclipse, Deffaux.

How popular is Defaux?

Defaux is common in France.

Defaux is ranked 242923 on our list.

Defaux is not so popular last name but still a prevalent surname concentrated mainly in France which may be its originating country too. Around 1329 people have been found who wears Defaux as their family name. Defaux is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
153,990 Australia7
24,766 Scotland2
153,416 Italy1
172,258 Germany1
24,771 Colombia1
448,262 Canada1
6,033 Benin1
174,544 Czech Republic1
151,601 Spain1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
36,547 Switzerland27
62,494 Netherlands22
155,219 England16
743,898 United States12
Countries with hundreds of Defaux:
13,523 Belgium134
Countries with thousands of Defaux:
8,063 France1,102

Comments

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Ambrose Acuna
Defaux is a family name, designating the original false name Original locality (Ardennes, Aude, Dordogne, marl, hollow), from the Latin Fagus beech, beech also plant location Designer -can son false mower after nickname of the tool he uses.

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