Dreifert Surname

2,075,631st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 82 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Dreifert Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dreifert Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany801:1,006,31869,119
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

Dreifert Last Name Facts

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

The last name Dreifert is carried by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Dreifert.

How Common Is The Last Name Dreifert? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,075,631st most commonly occurring last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 88,872,511 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of Dreifert are found; 98 percent are found in Western Europe and 98 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most widespread in Germany, where it is held by 80 people, or 1 in 1,006,318. In Germany it is primarily concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 68 percent are found, Baden-Württemberg, where 10 percent are found and Hesse, where 9 percent are found. Without taking into account Germany this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Drefert9317/
Dreifort8875/
Dreyfert8813/
Driefert887/
Drifer861/
Drefer860/
Dreiforth8212/
Dreffer8040/
Drefier8028/
Driefer8025/
Drifort803/
Draefer801/
Driffort7572/
Dreffier7571/
Driefort753/
Drechfer751/
Drafer717/
Drajfer671/
Dryfort670/
Dreford670/
Drifford6348/
Dreyfair631/
Draffeer630/
Dreyford630/
Draffir531/
Draford531/
Drapher531/
Drayford5019/
Drawford505/

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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 Dreifert
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