Driever Surname

362,542nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 997 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Driever Surname User-submission:

The Driever surname comes from a village by the Ems River, on the German side, named Driever. It is Dutch in origin and means 'three ferries' (drie veerboten). The last two syllables got elided and veer was shortened to ver.

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Driever Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany4141:194,45822,473
United States3031:1,196,23485,175
Netherlands2551:66,22411,326
Canada101:3,684,559191,443
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
England41:13,929,515290,718
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
France11:66,422,722504,397
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Driever Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The Driever surname comes from a village by the Ems River, on the German side, named Driever. It is Dutch in origin and means 'three ferries' (drie veerboten). The last two syllables got elided and veer was shortened to ver.

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Driever Last Name Facts

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

The last name Driever occurs most in Germany. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Driever? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 362,542nd most prevalent family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 7,309,474 people. Driever occurs mostly in Europe, where 68 percent of Driever are found; 67 percent are found in Western Europe and 67 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most frequently held in Germany, where it is carried by 414 people, or 1 in 194,458. In Germany Driever is mostly concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 64 percent live, Lower Saxony, where 22 percent live and Berlin, where 6 percent live. Excluding Germany this last name occurs in 11 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 30 percent live and The Netherlands, where 26 percent live.

Driever Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Driever has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Driever last name rose 6,060 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Driever Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Driever last name are 43.35% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 90.12% registered with the party.

The amount Driever earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 2.85% more than the national average, earning $44,377 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.67% more than the national average, earning $56,971 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Drijver86895/
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Drivere8648/
Draiver8612/
Drieves869/
Drevert864/
Driverr864/
Dreever862/
Dreyver862/
Dreiver861/
Drieber861/
Dresver861/
Drivier860/
Dresvher808/
Driveere801/
Drewer77940/
Driebe77153/
Dryver77110/
Dreber7794/
Driber7766/
Drieva778/
Drievi774/
Driwer772/
Druver772/
Drayver71133/
Drijber7196/
Drewert717/
Driewir712/
Dreiber712/
Draiber711/
Dresuer711/
Drieivi711/
Drevier711/
Dreuber710/
Drewier710/
Dreaber710/
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