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Where Does The Last Name Drakes Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Drakes occurs most in The United States. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Drakes.

How Common Is The Last Name Drakes? ^{popularity and diffusion}

This surname is the 127,502^nd most frequently held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 2,048,214 people. The surname Drakes occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 84 percent of Drakes live; 44 percent live in North America and 43 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,744,716^th most commonly occurring forename world-wide, held by 35 people.

The surname is most frequent in The United States, where it is carried by 1,323 people, or 1 in 273,967. In The United States Drakes is most frequent in: New York, where 27 percent are found, Georgia, where 9 percent are found and Florida, where 8 percent are found. Not including The United States this last name occurs in 48 countries. It also occurs in Barbados, where 18 percent are found and England, where 12 percent are found.

Drakes Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The incidence of Drakes has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Drakes last name grew 3,780 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 154 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it grew 900 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Drakes Last Name Statistics ^demography

In The United States those bearing the Drakes surname are 20.25% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 73.48% being registered with the party.

The amount Drakes earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 36.74% more than the national average, earning R 324,936 per year; in United States they earn 8.74% less than the national average, earning $39,379 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.49% more than the national average, earning $50,425 CAD per year.