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'.
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Drescher Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Drescher Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Drescher is found in Germany more than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Drescher? popularity and diffusion
Drescher is the 21,204th most commonly held surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 283,485 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 78 percent of Drescher are found; 74 percent are found in Western Europe and 74 percent are found in Germanic Europe. It is also the 3,159,357th most commonly occurring first name in the world, held by 13 people.
The last name Drescher is most numerous in Germany, where it is held by 17,926 people, or 1 in 4,491. In Germany it is most numerous in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 16 percent live, Bavaria, where 16 percent live and Baden-Württemberg, where 10 percent live. Not including Germany it occurs 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 incidence of Drescher has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the 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 those holding the Drescher surname are 15.31% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 62.08% registered to vote for 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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