Dreyfuss Surname

270,886th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,439 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Dreyfuss Surname Definition:

(Ger.) Trivet, Tripod [Ger. dreifuss; from O.H.Ger. drî, three + fuoz, foot] A Jewish-Ger. nickname for a maker ot the article. No connexion with the place-name Trêves.

Dreyfuss Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,0961:330,71129,973
France1071:620,77381,454
Switzerland771:106,66111,226
Brazil571:3,755,690104,031
England351:1,591,94567,242
Germany171:4,735,615183,652
Canada151:2,456,373146,130
Israel101:855,76354,181
Thailand61:11,773,058553,295
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
China21:683,660,78330,601
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1301:386,29828,876

Dreyfuss (23) may also be a first name.

Dreyfuss Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Ger.) Trivet, Tripod [Ger. dreifuss; from O.H.Ger. drî, three + fuoz, foot] A Jewish-Ger. nickname for a maker ot the article. No connexion with the place-name Trêves.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(German) One who made trivets; three feet; one who came from Treves or Trier (place of the tribe of the Treviri), in Germany.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

(from a place name) Variants are Dreifuss, Trefus, Trevis, Trivash, Tribas. Treves appears as early as the fourteenth century.

— Rabbi Benzion Kaganoff

Dreyfuss Last Name Facts

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

Dreyfuss is most common in The United States. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dreyfuss? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 270,886th most frequently used family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 5,064,313 people. The surname Dreyfuss is predominantly found in The Americas, where 78 percent of Dreyfuss reside; 73 percent reside in North America and 73 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Dreyfuss is also the 2,239,265th most commonly used forename worldwide, borne by 23 people.

This last name is most numerous in The United States, where it is carried by 1,096 people, or 1 in 330,711. In The United States Dreyfuss is mostly found in: California, where 19 percent are found, New York, where 18 percent are found and Florida, where 11 percent are found. Beside The United States it exists in 23 countries. It also occurs in France, where 7 percent are found and Switzerland, where 5 percent are found.

Dreyfuss Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Dreyfuss has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Dreyfuss surname increased 843 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Dreyfuss Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Dreyfuss last name are 37.37% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 90.6% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Dreyfuss earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 30.75% more than the national average, earning $56,418 USD per year and in Canada they earn 22.91% more than the national average, earning $61,065 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dreiyfuss940/
Dreyfus933,188/
Dryfuss9318/
Dreifuss88437/
Dreyfous8860/
Dreyffus8821/
Dreyfuse884/
Drayfuss881/
Dryefuss881/
Dreyfeus881/
Driefuss880/
Dreyfoss880/
Dresfuss880/
Druefuss880/
Drefus8616/
Dryfus868/
Dreifus80323/
Dryfuse8055/
Dreyfuß8011/
Drayfus805/
Drefous804/
Dryefus801/
Dreyfuz801/
Dreyfos801/
Drifuss801/
Driefus801/
Dryfous800/
Dreffus800/
Drefuis800/
Dryfust800/
Drafuss800/
Druyfus800/
Dreyfoos7532/
Dreiffus755/
Draifuss751/
Dryffuse751/
Dryfoust750/
Driefoss750/
Dréfus711/
Drifus710/
Drafus710/
Dryfoos67131/
Dreifuß673/
Driffus671/
Dryfuth670/
Drifoss670/
Dreyfoe670/
Drifuse670/
Draifus670/
Dreifos670/
Drizfus670/

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