Dreuw Surname

1,041,601st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 241 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Belgium

Dreuw Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dreuw Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1521:529,64144,407
Belgium511:225,42428,627
Netherlands381:444,39944,765
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Dreuw Last Name Facts

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

The surname Dreuw occurs in Germany more than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Dreuw? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,041,601st most frequent family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 30,238,780 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Dreuw are found; 100 percent are found in Western Europe and 79 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

It is most commonly used in Germany, where it is carried by 152 people, or 1 in 529,641. In Germany it is mostly found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 88 percent are found, Hesse, where 5 percent are found and Bavaria, where 1 percent are found. Barring Germany it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 21 percent are found and The Netherlands, where 16 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Drew8962,163/
Druw8916/
Dhruw80368/
Druwe80235/
Dreww804/
Dreaw801/
Druew801/
Drrew801/
Driew801/
Drhuw801/
Drhew800/
Dhrew800/
Drewfs7328/
Dhruwe7322/
Drauwe738/
Drewss732/
Drouwe732/
Drgeew732/
Dhrouw731/
Dhruew731/
Ddhruw731/
Ddrewt731/
Dhreew731/
Dreiws730/
Drewth730/
Drohew730/
Dref67575/
Drow67473/
Drev67434/
Draw6764/
Drub6751/
Druv6743/
Druf6718/
Dreb6715/
Drjw671/
Drajuwe671/
Dragiew671/

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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
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  • 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 Dreuw
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