Drentje Surname

1,980,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 89 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Drentje Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Drentje Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands851:198,67327,603
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Drentje Last Name Facts

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

Drentje occurs in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Drentje? popularity and diffusion

The last name Drentje is the 1,980,395th most widespread family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 81,882,538 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 97 percent of Drentje live; 96 percent live in Western Europe and 96 percent live in Germanic Europe.

Drentje is most frequent in The Netherlands, where it is held by 85 people, or 1 in 198,673. In The Netherlands Drentje is most prevalent in: South Holland, where 22 percent reside, Gelderland, where 19 percent reside and Groningen, where 18 percent reside. Besides The Netherlands Drentje exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in India, where 1 percent reside and Portugal, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Drente9235/
Drenthe86578/
Drentea8645/
Drenter8620/
Drentye861/
Drentzer800/
Drenta77127/
Drenge7737/
Drence775/
Drenti771/
Drenst771/
Drenger71156/
Drenser7113/
Drentza715/
Drintaj711/
Drenges711/
Dhrenge711/
Drensey710/
Drenz6718/
Drens674/
Drencher673/
Dreenger672/
Drenches671/

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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 Drentje
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis