Drexter Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Jamaica

Drexter Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Drexter Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:36,245,893832,629
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Drexter (62) may also be a first name.

Drexter Last Name Facts

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

The surname Drexter occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Drexter? popularity and diffusion

Drexter is the 5,391,485th most prevalent last name in the world, held by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. The last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 85 percent of Drexter reside; 77 percent reside in North America and 77 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,246,114th most common first name throughout the world, held by 62 people.

The surname Drexter is most common in The United States, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 36,245,893. In The United States Drexter is mostly concentrated in: New York, where 40 percent reside, Wisconsin, where 20 percent reside and Arizona, where 10 percent reside. Excluding The United States Drexter exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 8 percent reside and Jamaica, where 8 percent reside.

Drexter Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Drexter has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Drexter surname grew 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Drexter Last Name Statistics demography

Drexter earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 33.08% less than the national average, earning $28,875 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Draexter930/
Drester862/
Draxter861/
Dreyster804/
Dresther801/
Dresster801/
Drexta771/
Drechster750/
Drister716/
Dryster710/
Drayster677/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Drexter
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