Dreffs Surname

963,821st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 270 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Dreffs Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dreffs Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2341:1,548,970104,799
Brazil231:9,307,580200,052
Canada131:2,834,276161,175

Dreffs Last Name Facts

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

The surname Dreffs is held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dreffs? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 963,821st most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 26,990,911 people. The surname Dreffs occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 35 percent of Dreffs live; 26 percent live in North America and 26 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most common in The United States, where it is held by 234 people, or 1 in 1,548,970. In The United States Dreffs is primarily found in: Michigan, where 10 percent are found, Texas, where 4 percent are found and Alabama, where 3 percent are found. Other than The United States this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 9 percent are found and Canada, where 5 percent are found.

Dreffs Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Dreffs surname are 12.15% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 65.38% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Dreffs earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 0.47% less than the national average, earning $42,948 USD per year and in Canada they earn 16.93% less than the national average, earning $41,270 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Drefs91931/
Dreff9117/
Droefs8330/
Drewfs8328/
Dreefs8314/
Dreifs837/
Derffs831/
Dreyfs831/
Driefs830/
Dref80575/
Dreyffe771/
Drews7325,279/
Drief733,113/
Drevs73469/
Dreef73320/
Drebs7346/
Driff7328/
Dreif7322/
Drafs7320/
Dreyf735/
Dreft731/
Drefe731/
Derfs730/
Druyff6799/
Druiff6738/
Drevås6710/
Dreyvs676/
Droews676/
Draffz675/
Drafsh672/
Drewss672/
Dryoff671/
Dreift671/
Dreefe671/
Drujff671/
Dhreef671/
Dreiws670/

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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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  • 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 Dreffs
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