The Defever surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 238 people carried this name — #79,846 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,250,000 people counted. That is up 3% from 232 in 2000.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 462 people named Defever live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in West Flanders.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 223 people named Defever.
10 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 21 départements, most often Nord.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In print
Defever in American newspapers,
1919–1922.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Defever.
- Dede 625 · U.S. census
- Dedecker 457 · U.S. census
- Deel 4,478 · U.S. census
- Defay 238 · U.S. census
- Defendini 103 · U.S. census
- Defer 297 · U.S. census
- Defilippi 206 · U.S. census
- Defoor 1,320 · U.S. census
- Deforge 1,105 · U.S. census
- Defosse 289 · U.S. census
- Defour 243 · U.S. census
- Defrain 504 · U.S. census
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