How common is the surname Defeo?

2,760 people in the United States had the surname Defeo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 111,864 Americans. It ranked 11,415th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Defeo?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Defeo identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Defeo?

Ronald DeFeo Jr., American mass murderer (1951–2021), followed by Jay DeFeo.

Where is the surname Defeo most common?

Wikidata records people named Defeo in the United States.

Is the surname Defeo getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,803 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,760 in 2010, down 1.5%.

The surname Defeo

An Italian surname, carried by 2,760 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex D100

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Defeo is more common than 93% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

Borrowed from Italian De Feo.

One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,760 people named Defeo in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 111,864 Americans. That is down 1.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,803.

#11,415

rank among US surnames

2,760

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

-1.5%

change since 2000 (was #10,513)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,409	Hage	2,763	111,743
#11,411	Hallberg	2,762	111,783
#11,414	Brummer	2,761	111,824
#11,415	Schober	2,760	111,864
#11,420	Polzin	2,759	111,905
#11,423	Greig	2,758	111,945

Who is named Defeo

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

95% of people named Defeo identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
Two or more races 0.8%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Defeos

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Ronald DeFeo Jr.
American mass murderer (1951–2021)
Jay DeFeo
American painter and photographer (1929–1989)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Defeo

Defeo has the Soundex code D100, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D100.

Other Italian surnames

All 798 Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Defeo come from?: Borrowed from Italian De Feo.
How common is the surname Defeo?: 2,760 people in the United States had the surname Defeo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 111,864 Americans. It ranked 11,415th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Defeo?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Defeo identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Defeo?: Ronald DeFeo Jr., American mass murderer (1951–2021), followed by Jay DeFeo.
Where is the surname Defeo most common?: Wikidata records people named Defeo in the United States.
Is the surname Defeo getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,803 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,760 in 2010, down 1.5%.