Drakefield Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Wales

Drakefield Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Drakefield Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England161:3,482,379114,324
United States91:40,273,215872,126
Wales31:1,031,51134,732
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England281:870,54937,307

Drakefield Last Name Facts

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

The surname Drakefield is held by more people in England than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Drakefield? popularity and diffusion

The surname Drakefield is the 3,730,171st most numerous family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 260,269,497 people. The surname Drakefield is mostly found in Europe, where 68 percent of Drakefield live; 68 percent live in Northern Europe and 68 percent live in British Isles.

The last name is most frequently used in England, where it is borne by 16 people, or 1 in 3,482,379. In England Drakefield is most prevalent in: Northumberland, where 44 percent live, Lancashire, where 25 percent live and Durham, where 6 percent live. Beside England this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 32 percent live and Wales, where 11 percent live.

Drakefield Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Drakefield has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Drakefield surname decreased 43 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Drakefield Last Name Statistics demography

Drakefield earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 30.42% less than the national average, earning $30,021 USD per year.

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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 Drakefield
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