Last name origins & meanings:
- Of uncertain origin; probably an Anglicized form of a French
Huguenot name.
- 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.
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