Drescher Surname

21,204th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 25,707 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

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

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany17,9261:4,491522
United States3,9571:91,59910,299
Austria8141:10,4611,423
Brazil7711:277,65810,693
Canada3831:96,20310,471
Denmark2511:22,4892,289
Australia2361:114,38912,710
Poland1661:228,96829,641
Hungary1521:64,5816,666
Switzerland1291:63,6667,829
Netherlands1231:137,29421,086
Argentina1191:359,18827,983
South Africa1191:455,27538,276
France991:670,93786,003
England931:599,11935,891
Israel561:152,81515,997
Czechia501:212,66930,259
Thailand421:1,681,865216,672
Italy361:1,698,79784,491
Luxembourg311:18,7274,129
Spain241:1,948,00252,403
Venezuela231:1,313,22118,235
Slovakia131:410,49652,415
Norway101:514,22941,629
Wales81:386,81619,671
Croatia81:528,57638,675
Monaco71:5,295668
United Arab Emirates61:1,527,04651,993
Uruguay61:571,96026,877
Cape Verde51:105,9283,425
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
New Caledonia41:69,0566,678
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
China31:455,773,85521,925
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England341:716,92333,560
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3511:143,07313,433

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 surname Drescher occurs more in Germany more than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of Drescher click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Drescher? popularity and diffusion

Drescher is the 21,204th most frequent last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 283,485 people. The last name is mostly 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. Drescher is also the 3,159,357th most widely held first name at a global level, borne by 13 people.

This last name is most commonly held in Germany, where it is carried by 17,926 people, or 1 in 4,491. In Germany it is most common in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 16 percent live, Bavaria, where 16 percent live and Baden-Württemberg, where 10 percent live. Barring Germany it is found in 53 countries. It is also common 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 number of people bearing the Drescher surname rose 1,127 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 274 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Drescher Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Drescher last name are 15.31% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 62.08% registered with the political 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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