Drania Surname

248,216th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,601 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Drania Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Drania Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda1,5681:24,8973,534
Greece221:503,62763,727
Poland101:3,800,875132,137
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814

Drania (17) may also be a first name.

Drania Last Name Facts

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

Drania is held by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Drania? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 248,216th most numerous family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 4,551,871 people. Drania occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Drania are found; 98 percent are found in East Africa and 67 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 2,694,839th most widely held first name at a global level. It is borne by 17 people.

This last name is most commonly occurring in Uganda, where it is carried by 1,568 people, or 1 in 24,897. In Uganda Drania is mostly found in: Adjumani District, where 44 percent live, Moyo District, where 23 percent live and Arua District, where 19 percent live. Aside from Uganda it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Greece, where 1 percent live and Poland, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dranias9296/
Dramnia9286/
Drahnia9217/
Drrania921/
Dronia83765/
Dragna83638/
Dranha83170/
Dranya8334/
Drenia838/
Dranja835/
Dranea831/
Dragnea775,384/
Dranhoi77113/
Dragnoi7769/
Drahnea7743/
Dragnei7730/
Dragnay7715/
Dranhai7713/
Dranjoa7710/
Drainya774/
Drojnia771/
Draanya771/
Draña731/
Dragneau7110/
Draignau715/
Dronio67117/
Draignaud6751/
Dranho6731/
Dranjo673/
Droñia671/
Draunjo624/
Dranhoy621/
Drâgnei621/
Dronnio621/
D'Raunjo571/
Droña5581/
Dronea5068/
Dronha5024/
Dronja505/
Dronya503/
Dreneo500/

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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 Drania
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