Driefer Surname

3,957,383rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 25 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Greenland

Driefer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Driefer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany191:4,237,129172,669
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Greenland11:56,3791,133
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Driefer Last Name Facts

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

The last name Driefer occurs more in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Driefer click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Driefer? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,957,383rd most frequently held surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 291,501,837 people. The last name Driefer is mostly found in Europe, where 84 percent of Driefer live; 80 percent live in Western Europe and 80 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most prevalent in Germany, where it is held by 19 people, or 1 in 4,237,129. In Germany Driefer is primarily concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 74 percent reside, Rhineland-Palatinate, where 21 percent reside and Bavaria, where 5 percent reside. Without taking into account Germany this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 12 percent reside and Austria, where 4 percent reside.

Driefer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Driefer has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 150 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Driefert937/
Drifer921/
Drefer920/
Dreffer8640/
Drefert8617/
Draefer861/
Dreifert8082/
Dreyfert8013/
Drejfert802/
Drechfer801/
Drufer770/
Drefier7128/
Drajfer711/
Dreffier6771/
Draffeer670/
Dreyfair531/

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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 Driefer
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