Defoe (surname)

Defoe is a surname. Its origin is uncertain, it may be a variation of Foe or Fow[1] or an Anglicized form of a French name, possibly Thevoz,[2] Thevoux,[2] de Vaux[3] or Devaux,[1] Dufau or Dufou.[1] Notable people with the surname include:

Notes

  1. Hanks, Patrick; Coates, Richard; McClure, Peter (2016). The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland. Oxford University Press. p. 693. ISBN 9780199677764.
  2. Hanks, Patrick (2003). Dictionary of American Family Names. Oxford University Press. p. 425. ISBN 9780199771691.
  3. Reany, P.H.; Wilson, R.M. (1991). A Dictionary of English Surnames. Routeledge. pp. 3232–3233. ISBN 0-415-05737-X.

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