Draffin Surname

431,494th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 798 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Draffin Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Draffin Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3631:998,50973,813
Australia2631:102,64511,557
New Zealand1001:45,2837,455
Canada451:818,79163,991
England171:3,277,533109,658
Northern Ireland71:263,57711,625
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland431:103,0206,511
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England301:812,51235,970
Scotland131:287,9409,345
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States691:727,80746,603

Draffin Last Name Facts

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

The surname Draffin is found most in The United States. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Draffin.

How Common Is The Last Name Draffin? popularity and diffusion

The surname Draffin is the 431,494th most commonly held family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 9,132,263 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 45 percent of Draffin are found; 45 percent are found in Australasia and 45 percent are found in Australia and New Zealand.

The last name is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is held by 363 people, or 1 in 998,509. In The United States Draffin is most frequent in: Georgia, where 20 percent are found, Florida, where 7 percent are found and Washington, where 3 percent are found. Other than The United States this surname occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 33 percent are found and New Zealand, where 13 percent are found.

Draffin Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Draffin has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Draffin surname increased 526 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it declined 43 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Draffin Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the surname is predominantly Presbyterian (84%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Draffin last name are 13.57% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 60.34% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Draffin earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 2.32% more than the national average, earning $44,150 USD per year and in Canada they earn 27.4% more than the national average, earning $63,295 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Drafin920/
Draffen86808/
Dreffin8616/
Droffin860/
Draffim860/
Draffehn8076/
Dreffien8018/
Drefin7714/
Drofin778/
Drafen774/
Drafehn7144/
Drofina719/
Draphin713/
Dreffen710/
Droiffen671/
Dreefen578/
Droufen571/
Draphoen531/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Draffin
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