Drief Surname
Approximately 3,113 people bear this surname
Drief Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 1,977 | 1:17,439 | 2,658 |
| Algeria | 1,070 | 1:36,104 | 6,539 |
| United States | 21 | 1:17,259,949 | 572,238 |
| France | 16 | 1:4,151,420 | 237,746 |
| Belgium | 9 | 1:1,277,405 | 87,318 |
| Germany | 8 | 1:10,063,182 | 283,807 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Drief Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Drief Come From? nationality or country of origin
Drief is borne by more people in Morocco than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Drief? popularity and diffusion
The last name Drief is the 142,851st most numerous family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 2,341,004 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Drief live; 98 percent live in North Africa and 98 percent live in Mahgreb.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Morocco, where it is borne by 1,977 people, or 1 in 17,439. Besides Morocco it exists in 13 countries. It is also found in Algeria, where 34 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Draief | 91 | 11 | / |
| Driyef | 91 | 3 | / |
| Driefs | 91 | 0 | / |
| Drif | 89 | 11,425 | / |
| Dref | 89 | 575 | / |
| Dhraief | 83 | 52 | / |
| Dreyief | 83 | 6 | / |
| Drefs | 80 | 931 | / |
| Dreef | 80 | 320 | / |
| Druif | 80 | 189 | / |
| Drift | 80 | 98 | / |
| Dhrif | 80 | 79 | / |
| Drife | 80 | 60 | / |
| Drieb | 80 | 30 | / |
| Driff | 80 | 28 | / |
| Dreif | 80 | 22 | / |
| Draif | 80 | 18 | / |
| Dreff | 80 | 17 | / |
| Driev | 80 | 11 | / |
| Drgif | 80 | 7 | / |
| Dryef | 80 | 5 | / |
| Dreyf | 80 | 5 | / |
| Drifh | 80 | 4 | / |
| Dreft | 80 | 1 | / |
| Drrif | 80 | 1 | / |
| Drefe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Driew | 80 | 1 | / |
| Drjif | 80 | 1 | / |
| Draef | 80 | 0 | / |
| Dragieff | 77 | 10 | / |
| Dreffs | 73 | 270 | / |
| Drayef | 73 | 250 | / |
| Druijf | 73 | 106 | / |
| Druiff | 73 | 38 | / |
| Drewfs | 73 | 28 | / |
| Dreefs | 73 | 14 | / |
| Dreifs | 73 | 7 | / |
| Drziev | 73 | 3 | / |
| Dhreef | 73 | 1 | / |
| Dreefe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Dreift | 73 | 1 | / |
| Droiev | 73 | 1 | / |
| D'Roif | 73 | 1 | / |
| Dhraif | 73 | 1 | / |
| Draiaf | 73 | 1 | / |
| Dreyfs | 73 | 1 | / |
| Driyaf | 73 | 1 | / |
| Driyev | 73 | 1 | / |
| Drew | 67 | 62,163 | / |
| Dragiev | 67 | 887 | / |
| Drev | 67 | 434 | / |
| Druijff | 67 | 161 | / |
| Drib | 67 | 97 | / |
| Dreb | 67 | 15 | / |
| Driv | 67 | 6 | / |
| Dreifch | 67 | 2 | / |
| Dreifhe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Dragiew | 67 | 1 | / |
| Driffth | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dreyffe | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Drief
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