Dream Surname
Approximately 2,653 people bear this surname
Dream Surname User-submission:
Old English, from 'drēam,' meaning 'joy' or 'music'. Similar surnames include Bream, Deam, Ream, and Dean.
Dream Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 2,349 | 1:39,138 | 4,035 |
| Israel | 161 | 1:53,153 | 6,939 |
| Iraq | 84 | 1:416,924 | 7,373 |
| Yemen | 12 | 1:2,202,108 | 13,606 |
| Malaysia | 10 | 1:2,949,422 | 111,742 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| China | 6 | 1:227,886,928 | 11,701 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Dream (33,718) may also be a first name.
Dream Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Old English, from 'drēam,' meaning 'joy' or 'music'. Similar surnames include Bream, Deam, Ream, and Dean.
- ethantownsendDream Demographics
Average Male Dream Height
176.81 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Dream Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dream Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dream (Arabic: دَريم) is most common in Egypt. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Dream.
How Common Is The Last Name Dream? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 163,669th most frequently held surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 2,746,908 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 89 percent of Dream are found; 89 percent are found in North Africa and 89 percent are found in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 25,453rd most frequently occurring first name world-wide, borne by 33,718 people.
This last name is most frequent in Egypt, where it is held by 2,349 people, or 1 in 39,138. Apart from Egypt this surname exists in 18 countries. It is also found in Israel, where 6 percent reside and Iraq, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dream Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dream in the Arabic language | ||
| دَريم | darym | - |
| حلم | hlm | - |
| منام | mnam | - |
| دريم | drym | - |
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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
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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Dream
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