Drayton Surname

39,618th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13,249 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Barbados

Drayton Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Drayton.' There are no less than sixteen parishes of this name set down in Crockford: in dioceses of Bath and Wells, Norwich, Oxford, Peterborough, Lichfield, Southwell, London, and Ely.

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Drayton Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States8,7881:41,2455,064
England1,9441:28,6623,869
Australia9721:27,7733,777
Barbados2931:981236
Trinidad and Tobago2891:4,720772
New Zealand2331:19,4353,414
Canada1761:209,35020,314
South Africa841:644,97347,754
Panama831:47,1362,335
Guyana541:14,1151,941
New Caledonia471:5,8771,249
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines441:2,560444
Wales341:91,0167,411
France181:3,690,151224,666
Jamaica171:168,8205,436
Northern Ireland161:115,3156,804
Zimbabwe151:1,029,21663,831
Malaysia141:2,106,73083,604
United States Virgin Islands131:8,4901,249
Scotland111:486,71119,179
Brazil111:19,461,303329,560
Grenada91:12,059865
United Arab Emirates91:1,018,03036,884
Israel81:1,069,70462,476
Antigua and Barbuda61:16,5281,436
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
Nigeria51:35,428,552388,973
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Hong Kong41:1,833,8716,220
Iraq41:8,755,41423,373
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
Papua New Guinea31:2,717,906153,458
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Belize11:355,4743,977
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Saint Lucia11:178,7813,800
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Faroe Islands11:48,9982,049
Fiji11:894,3914,568
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland51:885,97323,404
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,0101:24,1343,351
Wales331:47,5282,451
Jersey101:5,188903
Guernsey31:10,8851,562
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,3981:35,9224,262

Drayton (1,032) may also be a first name.

Drayton Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Drayton.' There are no less than sixteen parishes of this name set down in Crockford: in dioceses of Bath and Wells, Norwich, Oxford, Peterborough, Lichfield, Southwell, London, and Ely.

Matilda de Drayton, Cambridgeshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Beatrix He Draytone, Huntingdonshire, ibid.

Simon de Drayton, Warwickshire, Henry III-Edward I: Testa de Nevill, sive Liber Feodorum, temp. Henry III-Edward I.

Johannes de Drayton, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Willelmus de Draghton, 1379: ibid.

Robertas de Draghton, 1370: ibid.

Richard de Drayton, bailiff of Yarmouth, 1284: History of Norfolk.

1576. Married — William Drayton and Margaret Topley: St. James, Clerkenwell.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(English) belonging to Drayton = the Dry-Built Farmstead (i.e.,built without mortar) [v. under Draycott, and + Old English tún] This name was Latinized in mediæval records de Arida Villa [Latin arid-us, dry], and may be compared with the French place-name Secqueville, whence the English surname Sackville, which was Latinized de Sicca Villa [Latin sicc-us, dry].

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Place name in Middlesex. (“Dry-Town” in Old English).

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

(English) One who came from Drayton (homestead near a portage, or on a narrow strip of land), the name of many places in England.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Towns, parishes, &c., in cos. Berks, Leicester, Norfolk, Oxon, Somerset, Stafford, Buckingham, Cambridge, Nottingham, &c.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

A location name in Herefordshire.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Drayton Last Name Facts

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

The surname Drayton (Russian: Драйтон) is found most in The United States. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Drayton? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 39,618th most commonly held family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 550,045 people. The last name Drayton is primarily found in The Americas, where 70 percent of Drayton are found; 64 percent are found in North America and 63 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 249,711th most numerous forename globally. It is borne by 1,032 people.

The surname Drayton is most frequently held in The United States, where it is carried by 8,788 people, or 1 in 41,245. In The United States Drayton is mostly concentrated in: South Carolina, where 15 percent live, New York, where 11 percent live and Georgia, where 11 percent live. Without taking into account The United States it exists in 58 countries. It is also common in England, where 15 percent live and Australia, where 7 percent live.

Drayton Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Drayton has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Drayton last name expanded 629 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 192 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 103 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 80 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Drayton Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Drayton last name is predominantly Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Drayton last name are 5.07% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 58.3% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Drayton earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 20.62% less than the national average, earning R 188,640 per year; in United States they earn 14.28% less than the national average, earning $36,987 USD per year and in Canada they earn 31.54% more than the national average, earning $65,353 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Draytonn931/
Draytone931/
Drayston931/
Dryton9214/
Draton9214/
Dreyton8620/
Dratton863/
Draston861/
Dreaton861/
Droyton861/
Druyton861/
Draiton860/
Dryhton860/
Draithon803/
Drystone801/
Driton7710/
Dreton774/
Dratun774/
Dratan773/
Drioton7180/
Dreston7116/
Dritton716/
Droiton713/
Dretton711/
Driston711/
Drastun710/
Dreuton710/
Drittone671/
Draittan671/
Dritan6237/
Drittan571/
Drestan570/
Drystant530/

Drayton Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Drayton in the Russian language
Драйтонdrajton-

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