Drago Surname

20,442nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 26,746 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Italy
Highest density in:
Malta

Drago Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Drago Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Italy10,8871:5,617685
United States4,3311:83,6899,483
Mali3,5491:4,781327
Brazil1,9221:111,3814,209
Argentina1,8501:23,1051,923
Russia4931:292,33930,112
Spain4121:113,4768,955
France3951:168,15926,178
Portugal2931:35,5572,167
Peru2461:129,2047,362
Uganda2061:189,51115,501
Chile1991:88,5253,420
Canada1871:197,03519,314
Malta1621:2,656209
Cuba1611:71,5702,531
Germany1381:583,37347,320
Australia1231:219,47721,009
India1111:6,910,499153,869
Colombia1041:459,3666,776
England961:580,39635,131
Vietnam861:1,077,2801,909
Venezuela781:387,2328,103
Dominican Republic691:151,2025,897
Mexico581:2,140,10719,397
Uruguay561:61,2816,605
Switzerland541:152,09114,437
Belgium381:302,54335,124
Luxembourg311:18,7274,129
Kazakhstan261:680,09645,825
Belarus241:395,87740,412
Indonesia231:5,749,965259,967
Latvia231:89,13212,995
Romania211:956,08952,327
Albania171:171,41512,549
Netherlands151:1,125,81268,885
Slovenia151:165,84514,188
Croatia141:302,04329,715
Sweden131:757,44356,422
Ivory Coast111:2,097,38537,425
Thailand111:6,421,668407,040
Ecuador101:1,590,58518,674
Egypt91:10,215,08448,153
Panama91:434,6958,518
Sudan91:4,167,7995,799
Armenia81:366,2727,804
Estonia81:165,22626,217
Kyrgyzstan71:853,23652,732
Poland71:5,429,821146,768
Burkina Faso61:3,058,68318,466
China61:227,886,92811,701
Pakistan61:29,773,98192,487
South Africa61:9,029,617189,736
Lithuania51:606,91821,375
Niger51:3,838,40364,195
Angola41:6,747,3046,999
Azerbaijan41:2,412,28025,948
Bulgaria41:1,744,72646,837
Czechia41:2,658,367127,801
French Polynesia41:70,2014,444
Guatemala41:4,020,6677,726
Libya41:1,560,9943,087
Moldova41:890,34246,069
Morocco41:8,619,02573,251
New Caledonia41:69,0566,678
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Denmark31:1,881,57267,227
Israel31:2,852,545113,505
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Bosnia and Herzegovina21:1,768,20116,841
El Salvador21:3,171,9446,376
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
Serbia21:3,572,47432,645
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Wales21:1,547,26639,871
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
North Macedonia11:2,101,47231,546
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Montenegro11:639,5659,092
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Transnistria11:474,69917,893
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland41:1,107,46726,093
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England161:1,523,46151,234
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States811:619,98441,330

The alternate forms: Dragó (2) are calculated separately.

Drago (46,184) may also be a first name.

Drago Last Name Facts

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

The last name Drago (Marathi: ागो, Russian: Драго) is more commonly found in Italy than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Dragó. Click here to see other possible spellings of Drago.

How Common Is The Last Name Drago? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 20,442nd most frequently used surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 272,472 people. The last name Drago occurs predominantly in Europe, where 49 percent of Drago reside; 44 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 41 percent reside in Italic Europe. Drago is also the 19,743rd most frequent given name world-wide, held by 46,184 people.

It is most commonly used in Italy, where it is carried by 10,887 people, or 1 in 5,617. In Italy it is primarily found in: Sicily, where 49 percent are found, Piedmont, where 10 percent are found and Lombardy, where 10 percent are found. Apart from Italy it is found in 101 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 16 percent are found and Mali, where 13 percent are found.

Drago Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Drago has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Drago surname expanded 5,347 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 600 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it decreased 50 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Wales it expanded 200 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Drago Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland, Orthodox (82%) in Russia, Orthodox (100%) in Belarus and Orthodox (48%) in Ukraine.

In The United States Drago are 6.07% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 52.84% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Drago earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 13.58% more than the national average, earning €34,109 per year; in Peru they earn 183.75% more than the national average, earning S/. 55,004 per year; in Colombia they earn 18.64% less than the national average, earning $18,471,500 COP per year; in United States they earn 15.98% more than the national average, earning $50,046 USD per year and in Canada they earn 21.7% more than the national average, earning $60,466 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dragó932/
Dragoi9110,598/
Dragos917,321/
Dragoo912,353/
Dragoș91485/
Dragoj91348/
Dragoy91334/
Dragot91158/
Drango9198/
Dragoň9124/
Draigo9110/
Draggo919/
Dragho917/
Dragou916/
Draego912/
Dragosz83431/
Drangoi83381/
Draggoo83288/
Drangoy83114/
Dragosh8393/
Drangou8313/
Drangoj8310/
Draugho831/
Dragood831/
Dragost831/
Dragoud831/
Draga804,161/
Drogo801,476/
Drego80359/
Dragă8085/
Dragà806/
Dreagoux771/
Dragaová771/
Drăgoi732,592/
Dranga731,208/
Dragas73430/
Drogoś73395/
Drogos73217/
Drogou73214/
Drogoz73173/
Drongo7359/
Dragga7349/
Drãgoi7326/
Dragač7312/
Dreego7312/
Drauga7310/
Dragat7310/
Drogoi738/
Drasga737/
Drägoi736/
D'Rego736/
Dragha736/
Drangă735/
Drangá735/
Dragaz733/
Dragah732/
Draiga732/
Drogoy732/
Dragad732/
Dreigo732/
Dregou731/
Droego731/
Dragau731/
Hdrogo731/
Droggo731/
Drogoo730/
Dragoňová7130/
Dragash6784/
Drougou6760/
Drougos6752/
Dragaud6749/
Drogosh6730/
Drogott679/
Dragacz677/
Dhranga677/
Drongou676/
Dragatz675/
Dragaut673/
Droggos672/
Drogost671/
Dragasz671/
Dhragad671/

Drago Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Drago in the Marathi language
ागोago75
डॅगोdego25
Drago in the Russian language
Драгоdrago-

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Drago Reference & Research

Drago DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.

Drago FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Drago
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