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

Dreuw is borne by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Dreuw.

How Common Is The Last Name Dreuw? popularity and diffusion

The last name Dreuw is the 1,041,601st most widely held last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 30,238,780 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Dreuw reside; 100 percent reside in Western Europe and 79 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The last name Dreuw is most frequently held in Germany, where it is held by 152 people, or 1 in 529,641. In Germany it is most common in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 88 percent reside, Hesse, where 5 percent reside and Bavaria, where 1 percent reside. Besides Germany this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Belgium, where 21 percent reside and The Netherlands, where 16 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Dreww804/
Dreaw801/
Druew801/
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Drhuw801/
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Drauwe738/
Drewss732/
Drouwe732/
Drgeew732/
Dhrouw731/
Dhruew731/
Ddhruw731/
Ddrewt731/
Dhreew731/
Dreiws730/
Drewth730/
Drohew730/
Dref67575/
Drow67473/
Drev67434/
Draw6764/
Drub6751/
Druv6743/
Druf6718/
Dreb6715/
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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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