Drennon Surname

251,891st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,572 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Guyana

Drennon Surname Definition:

Local. Draenon, Welsh, a thorn—tree or bush.

Drennon Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,5371:235,82222,637
Guyana161:47,6394,360
Malawi91:1,902,12319,532
England71:7,959,723202,100
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland21:2,214,93333,683
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England61:4,062,562101,150
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2081:241,43620,158

Drennon (80) may also be a first name.

Drennon Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Local. Draenon, Welsh, a thorn—tree or bush.

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

Drennon Last Name Facts

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

Drennon occurs most in The United States. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Drennon? popularity and diffusion

The surname Drennon is the 251,891st most frequently held surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 4,635,843 people. The surname Drennon occurs mostly in The Americas, where 95 percent of Drennon are found; 94 percent are found in North America and 94 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Drennon is also the 1,075,395th most frequently held first name internationally. It is borne by 80 people.

The last name is most frequently held in The United States, where it is carried by 1,537 people, or 1 in 235,822. In The United States it is primarily found in: Texas, where 16 percent reside, South Carolina, where 12 percent reside and California, where 11 percent reside. Not including The United States this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Guyana, where 1 percent reside and Malawi, where 1 percent reside.

Drennon Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Drennon has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Drennon surname increased 739 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 117 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Drennon Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Drennon surname are 5.46% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 52.23% being registered to vote for the political party.

Drennon earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 6.93% less than the national average, earning $40,157 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Drennan8611,026/
Drinnon861,259/
Drennom861/
Dremnon860/
Drennun860/
Drennand800/
Drinnnon800/
Drennane800/
Dreennan800/
Drnoun771/
Drinnan71926/
Drennam712/
Dremnan711/
Drnom671/
Drnasin57302/
Dhrngan571/
Dehernan531/

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Drennon Reference & Research

Drennan/Drennen/Dren FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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Footnotes

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