Drescher Surname
Approximately 25,707 people bear this surname
Drescher Surname User-submission:
Drescher is a German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) occupational surname, meaning 'thresher'. It comes from German Drescher, Yiddish dresher, which are agent derivatives of Middle High German dreschen, Yiddish dresh(e)n, meaning 'to thresh'.
Drescher Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 17,926 | 1:4,491 | 522 |
| United States | 3,957 | 1:91,599 | 10,299 |
| Austria | 814 | 1:10,461 | 1,423 |
| Brazil | 771 | 1:277,658 | 10,693 |
| Canada | 383 | 1:96,203 | 10,471 |
| Denmark | 251 | 1:22,489 | 2,289 |
| Australia | 236 | 1:114,389 | 12,710 |
| Poland | 166 | 1:228,968 | 29,641 |
| Hungary | 152 | 1:64,581 | 6,666 |
| Switzerland | 129 | 1:63,666 | 7,829 |
| Netherlands | 123 | 1:137,294 | 21,086 |
| Argentina | 119 | 1:359,188 | 27,983 |
| South Africa | 119 | 1:455,275 | 38,276 |
| France | 99 | 1:670,937 | 86,003 |
| England | 93 | 1:599,119 | 35,891 |
| Israel | 56 | 1:152,815 | 15,997 |
| Czechia | 50 | 1:212,669 | 30,259 |
| Thailand | 42 | 1:1,681,865 | 216,672 |
| Italy | 36 | 1:1,698,797 | 84,491 |
| Luxembourg | 31 | 1:18,727 | 4,129 |
| Spain | 24 | 1:1,948,002 | 52,403 |
| Venezuela | 23 | 1:1,313,221 | 18,235 |
| Slovakia | 13 | 1:410,496 | 52,415 |
| Norway | 10 | 1:514,229 | 41,629 |
| Wales | 8 | 1:386,816 | 19,671 |
| Croatia | 8 | 1:528,576 | 38,675 |
| Monaco | 7 | 1:5,295 | 668 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Uruguay | 6 | 1:571,960 | 26,877 |
| Cape Verde | 5 | 1:105,928 | 3,425 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| New Caledonia | 4 | 1:69,056 | 6,678 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:1,338,454 | 35,497 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 34 | 1:716,923 | 33,560 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 351 | 1:143,073 | 13,433 |
Drescher (13) may also be a first name.
Drescher Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Drescher is a German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) occupational surname, meaning 'thresher'. It comes from German Drescher, Yiddish dresher, which are agent derivatives of Middle High German dreschen, Yiddish dresh(e)n, meaning 'to thresh'.
- grichest21Drescher Demographics
Average Drescher Salary in
United States
$49,242 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Drescher Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Drescher Come From? nationality or country of origin
Drescher occurs more in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Drescher.
How Common Is The Last Name Drescher? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 21,204th most widespread family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 283,485 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 78 percent of Drescher live; 74 percent live in Western Europe and 74 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 3,159,357th most common forename at a global level It is held by 13 people.
The last name Drescher is most prevalent in Germany, where it is carried by 17,926 people, or 1 in 4,491. In Germany it is primarily found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 16 percent live, Bavaria, where 16 percent live and Baden-Württemberg, where 10 percent live. Besides Germany it is found in 53 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 15 percent live and Austria, where 3 percent live.
Drescher Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Drescher has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Drescher last name grew 1,127 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 274 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Drescher Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Drescher are 15.31% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 62.08% registered with the party.
The amount Drescher earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 14.15% more than the national average, earning 395,037 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 62.42% more than the national average, earning R 385,968 per year; in United States they earn 14.12% more than the national average, earning $49,242 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.78% less than the national average, earning $49,295 CAD per year.
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Footnotes
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