Dreef Surname

853,416th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 320 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Dreef Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dreef Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands2971:56,8599,787
United States181:20,136,607622,629
Canada51:7,369,118289,406

Dreef Last Name Facts

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

Dreef is found most in The Netherlands. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dreef? popularity and diffusion

The surname Dreef is the 853,416th most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 22,773,581 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 93 percent of Dreef reside; 93 percent reside in Western Europe and 93 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most widely held in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 297 people, or 1 in 56,859. In The Netherlands it is mostly concentrated in: South Holland, where 56 percent are found, North Holland, where 15 percent are found and Gelderland, where 11 percent are found. Barring The Netherlands this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 6 percent are found and Canada, where 2 percent are found.

Dreef Last Name Statistics demography

Dreef earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 42.64% less than the national average, earning $24,750 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dreefs9114/
Dhreef911/
Dreefe911/
Dref89575/
Dreyief836/
Drief803,113/
Drefs80931/
Dreev80722/
Dreif8022/
Dreff8017/
Dreyf805/
Dryef805/
Dreeb802/
Dreft801/
Drefe801/
Draef800/
Dreffs73270/
Drayef73250/
Drewfs7328/
Draief7311/
Dreifs737/
Driyef733/
Drgeew732/
Dhreew731/
Drejev731/
Dreyfs731/
Dreift731/
Dreyev731/
Drehev730/
Drew6762,163/
Drif6711,425/
Drev67434/
Dhraief6752/
Dreb6715/
Dreifhe672/
Dreifch672/
Dreyeva672/
Drejevs671/
Drejeva671/
Dreyffe671/

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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
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  • 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 Dreef
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