Drab Surname

75,519th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,498 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Poland
Highest density in:
Poland

Drab Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Drab Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Poland4,0531:9,3781,278
United States6871:527,59743,954
Ukraine4611:98,74814,150
Belarus1691:56,2199,554
Moldova1641:21,7163,678
Russia1131:1,275,42591,659
France1121:593,06078,954
Slovakia1091:48,9589,399
Afghanistan1081:297,7154,743
Argentina721:593,65942,221
Canada681:541,84745,466
Slovenia661:37,6927,083
Czechia591:180,22826,726
Germany501:1,610,10995,088
Israel361:237,71222,042
Austria321:266,10730,958
Sweden231:428,12030,474
Hungary211:467,44230,347
England171:3,277,533109,658
Australia101:2,699,570109,631
Thailand91:7,848,705447,191
Kazakhstan91:1,964,72289,832
Norway81:642,78647,258
Morocco41:8,619,02573,251
Wales41:773,63329,106
Belgium41:2,874,161111,046
Pakistan31:59,547,962132,569
Venezuela31:10,068,02660,591
Burkina Faso31:6,117,36722,156
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

The alternate forms: Dráb (923) are calculated separately.

Drab (69) may also be a first name.

Drab Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Drab Come From? nationality or country of origin

Drab (Bengali: দ্রব, Hindi: द्रब, Oriya: ଦାବ, Russian: Драб) occurs more in Poland more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as: Dráb. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Drab? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 75,519th most frequent last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 1,121,506 people. The surname Drab is primarily found in Europe, where 84 percent of Drab are found; 79 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 65 percent are found in West Slavic Europe. Drab is also the 1,171,416th most widespread given name worldwide. It is borne by 69 people.

The last name Drab is most common in Poland, where it is borne by 4,053 people, or 1 in 9,378. Besides Poland it is found in 46 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 11 percent live and Ukraine, where 7 percent live.

Drab Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Drab has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Drab last name grew 11,450 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 1,700 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Drab Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is primarily Orthodox (80%) in Russia, Catholic (53%) in Belarus and Orthodox (55%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those bearing the Drab surname are 10.25% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 57.02% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Drab earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 39.2% less than the national average, earning 210,428 kr per year; in United States they earn 2.6% more than the national average, earning $44,269 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.68% more than the national average, earning $56,978 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dráb92923/
Drabs89120/
Draub8951/
Draeb8918/
Draib8916/
Draab8912/
Dreab895/
Drabh894/
Ddrab891/
Dhrab891/
Drajb891/
Drahab8023/
Drabsz806/
Drob751,640/
Drap75743/
Draw7564/
Draf7538/
Dreb7515/
Drav7512/
Drabsch73672/
Drabová73173/
Drabova7383/
Dreib672,709/
Drape67764/
Drapp67700/
Draps67470/
Draws67297/
Drova67288/
Drafz67259/
Droub67240/
Drawz67232/
Drayv67168/
Droob67142/
Drayf67137/
Drowa6776/
Draup6747/
Dhrav6740/
Draaf6727/
Draiv6724/
Drafs6720/
Draif6718/
Drapt6714/
Dravs675/
Draip675/
Drajv675/
Dhrap674/
Drhap674/
Drafe673/
Draff672/
Dreeb672/
Drauf672/
D'Rap671/
Dreaw671/
Drobs671/
Draft671/
Dravd671/
Dravz670/

Drab Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Drab in the Bengali language
দ্রবdraba-
Drab in the Hindi language
द्रबdraba-
Drab in the Oriya language
ଦାବdaba50
ଦବdaba50
Drab in the Russian language
Драбdrab-

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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Drab
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