Drăghici Surname

92,692nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,154 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Drăghici Surname User-submission:

From the name of a small bee that usually burrows in the ground and can be responsible for painful stings. In English it is called spring flower bee and in German gemeine or frulings-pelzbiene. In Romanian these bees are also called gypsy bees, furisori or draghici.

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Drăghici Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania5,1541:3,896533

The alternate forms: Draghici (20,105) & Dräghici (9) are calculated separately.

Drăghici Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

From the name of a small bee that usually burrows in the ground and can be responsible for painful stings. In English it is called spring flower bee and in German gemeine or frulings-pelzbiene. In Romanian these bees are also called gypsy bees, furisori or draghici. In Latin they are called Anthophora Plumipes (A.P.) and look much more like wasps, 14-15 mm in length, longer than a regular bee, which are 12-14 mm. They are spread all across Europe, nesting in argyle soils, porous rocks, walls, or barns. They visit various types of plants and are mostly found in gardens and parks, on flowers. Male bees particularly visit flowers called Aubrieta Deltoidea, or in German blue pillow.

- dan_draggon

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Draghici9620,105/
Dräghici969/
Dreghici88803/
Drighici884/
Dragici8037/
Dregici8034/
Draghic806/
Drigici801/
Drăghiţă7539/
Draghigi751/
Drăgaica751/
Dragicoi751/
Dragic71718/
Drăgoicea7120/
Dregic713/
Dragich67627/
Dragica67132/
Dragics6737/
Drogich6722/
Dregich674/
Dragishich673/
Dregics671/

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