Defoe

in Texas

There are 64 people with the last name "Defoe" in Texas.

Ranking in Texas

Name	Rank
Defoe	20,914

is 20,910th most common Crudup
is 20,911th most common Cruickshank
is 20,912th most common Curfman
is 20,913th most common Danos
is 20,914th most common Defoe
is 20,915th most common Delmar
is 20,916th most common Demartino
is 20,917th most common Deoca
is 20,918th most common Diem

Meaning & History

Defoe

Of uncertain origin; probably an Anglicized form of a French Huguenot name.

FOREBEARS According to family historians, the name Defoe or Dafoe was brought to North America from Switzerland in 1709 by a certain Daniel Dafoe, alias Deffu, Thevou, or Thevoz. A burgher family named Thevoz has lived in Missy, Vaud canton, Switzerland, since at least 1458.The name is also established in England, where it was borne by the novelist, satirist, pamphleteer, and spy Daniel Defoe (1660–1731), author of Robinson Crusoe, Moll Flanders, and many other works. His father, a Dissenter, by trade a butcher in London, used the name Foe.