Drayer Surname

184,066th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,306 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Drayer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Drayer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,8561:195,29019,281
Netherlands2031:83,18813,893
Venezuela801:377,5517,975
Germany441:1,829,670103,431
Russia421:3,431,501177,080
Brazil171:12,592,608246,358
Canada131:2,834,276161,175
Czechia81:1,329,18491,312
Australia71:3,856,529135,538
England71:7,959,723202,100
South Africa71:7,739,672177,858
New Zealand51:905,66545,114
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Bulgaria21:3,489,45264,958
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
France11:66,422,722504,397
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
French Polynesia11:280,8057,211
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England151:1,625,02553,310
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4171:120,42811,742

The alternate forms: Dräyer (10) are calculated separately.

Drayer (15) may also be a first name.

Drayer Last Name Facts

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

The last name Drayer (Russian: Драйэр) occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant: Dräyer. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Drayer? popularity and diffusion

The surname Drayer is the 184,066th most frequently used surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,160,254 people. It is predominantly found in The Americas, where 85 percent of Drayer are found; 80 percent are found in North America and 80 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,900,335th most commonly used first name globally, held by 15 people.

This surname is most commonly held in The United States, where it is carried by 1,856 people, or 1 in 195,290. In The United States it is most prevalent in: Pennsylvania, where 17 percent live, Ohio, where 9 percent live and California, where 8 percent live. Other than The United States this last name exists in 22 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 9 percent live and Venezuela, where 3 percent live.

Drayer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Drayer has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Drayer last name grew 445 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 53 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Drayer Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Drayer surname are 11.49% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 58.26% registered with the party.

The amount Drayer earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 13.85% more than the national average, earning R 270,552 per year; in United States they earn 5.41% more than the national average, earning $45,485 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.03% more than the national average, earning $50,690 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dräyer9410/
Drayher920/
Dryer914,675/
Draer9197/
Dreyer8352,677/
Droyer83403/
Drajer83358/
Dryjer83313/
Drawer83259/
Druyer83164/
Draier8366/
Dryier8342/
Drauer8317/
Drhaer8311/
Drøyer839/
Driyer834/
Drayor830/
Draehr830/
Drayerová809/
Drawert77637/
Drouyer77283/
Draiher7719/
Dragger7717/
Drygier7714/
Dreyere772/
Drawerd772/
Hdreyer772/
Drahier772/
Dreyher771/
Drajier771/
Draajer771/
Dreyier770/
Dreyeer770/
Dreer731,414/
Drier731,139/
Druer7399/
Draur7316/
Dreir7315/
Drear7312/
Dreyr734/
Droer733/
Drair731/
Dreur731/
Droyerre715/
Draajier713/
Drouyere711/
Dreier6716,838/
Drejer672,143/
Drower67323/
Druyor67222/
Dreure6736/
Drijer6730/
Dreyar6721/
Dreuer6721/
Driear6715/
Druier6715/
Drajerová675/
Dreyerová675/
Drehar674/
Drhier673/
Dreire672/
Dreyor672/
Driyar671/
Draiur671/
Driehr671/
Drearz671/
Draire671/
Drojer671/
Drgaur671/
Droyre670/
Dreahr670/
Dreiur670/
Dreyre670/
Dhrier670/

Drayer Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Drayer in the Russian language
Драйэрdrajer-

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Drayer Reference & Research

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

Dryer 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 Drayer
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