Dref Surname

554,308th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 575 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Morocco
Highest density in:
Morocco

Dref Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dref Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Morocco5111:67,46811,380
France421:1,581,493147,826
United States81:45,307,367917,113
Russia41:36,030,764577,589
Algeria21:19,315,77697,017
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Dref (14) may also be a first name.

Dref Last Name Facts

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

The surname Dref (Russian: Дреф) occurs more in Morocco more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Dref? popularity and diffusion

The last name Dref is the 554,308th most commonly used family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 12,673,993 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 89 percent of Dref live; 89 percent live in North Africa and 89 percent live in Mahgreb. It is also the 3,024,661st most commonly used first name throughout the world, held by 14 people.

The surname Dref is most widespread in Morocco, where it is borne by 511 people, or 1 in 67,468. Beside Morocco it occurs in 11 countries. It is also found in France, where 7 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Drief893,113/
Drefs89931/
Dreef89320/
Dreif8922/
Dreff8917/
Dreyf895/
Drefe891/
Dreft891/
Djref891/
Draef890/
Dreffs80270/
Drewfs8028/
Dreefs8014/
Dreifs807/
Dreefe801/
Deyref801/
Dreift801/
Dreyfs801/
Dhreef801/
Drew7562,163/
Drif7511,425/
Drev75434/
Derf75423/
Dreb7515/
Dirf751/
Dreifhe732/
Dreifch732/
Dreyffe731/
Dreib672,709/
Dreev67722/
Drevs67469/
Dreuw67241/
Druif67189/
Drayf67137/
Dreva67132/
Draev67111/
Drift6798/
Dhrif6779/
Druyf6762/
Drife6760/
Driff6728/
Draif6718/
Derfe6716/
Driev6711/
Dryfe6710/
Drgif677/
Droev675/
Dreab675/
Dyrew675/
Drifh674/
Dreww674/
Dreeb672/
Dirft672/
Dheerefh671/
Deerf671/
Driew671/
Drrew671/
Dreaw671/
Dyrev671/
Drrif671/
Derfs670/
Dhrew670/
Drhew670/
Dreiv670/

Dref Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Dref in the Russian language
Дрефdref-

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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 Dref
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