Drif Surname

45,424th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11,425 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Algeria
Highest density in:
Algeria

Drif Surname User-submission:

The surname Drif means 'kind' in Arabic.

Drif Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Algeria6,6321:5,825942
Morocco4,4301:7,7821,011
France1831:362,96654,247
Spain691:677,56630,057
Iraq211:1,667,69816,789
Canada161:2,302,849139,666
Belgium141:821,18966,436
United States121:30,204,911765,334
Russia51:28,824,611530,332
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Denmark41:1,411,17960,800
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
Yemen31:8,808,43135,773
England31:18,572,686338,250
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Lebanon21:2,818,54225,087
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432

Drif (322) may also be a first name.

Drif Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The surname Drif means 'kind' in Arabic.

- drif

Drif Last Name Facts

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

Drif (Russian: Дриф) occurs most in Algeria. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Drif? popularity and diffusion

The surname Drif is the 45,424th most widespread family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 637,860 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Drif live; 97 percent live in North Africa and 97 percent live in Mahgreb. Drif is also the 488,964th most widely held given name throughout the world. It is borne by 322 people.

This last name is most frequently held in Algeria, where it is carried by 6,632 people, or 1 in 5,825. In Algeria it is mostly found in: Boumerdès Province, where 23 percent are found, Oum el-Bouaghi Province, where 14 percent are found and Sétif Province, where 9 percent are found. Barring Algeria this last name occurs in 29 countries. It also occurs in Morocco, where 39 percent are found and France, where 2 percent are found.

Drif Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is chiefly Greek Orthodox (50%) in Lebanon.

The amount Drif earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 8.53% less than the national average, earning 316,567 kr per year; in United States they earn 54.86% less than the national average, earning $19,479 USD per year and in Canada they earn 39.55% less than the national average, earning $30,034 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Drief893,113/
Druif89189/
Drift8998/
Dhrif8979/
Drife8960/
Driff8928/
Dreif8922/
Draif8918/
Drgif897/
Drifh894/
Drrif891/
Druijf80106/
Druiff8038/
Dreifs807/
Dhraif801/
D'Roif801/
Dreift801/
Dref75575/
Drib7597/
Driv756/
Druijff73161/
Dreifhe732/
Dreifch732/
Driffth731/
Dreib672,709/
Drefs67931/
Dreef67320/
Drayf67137/
Druyf6762/
Draiv6724/
Dreff6717/
Draib6716/
Driev6711/
Dryfe6710/
Dreyf675/
Dhriv673/
Drivt672/
Drefe671/
Dreft671/
Driew671/
Drhiv671/
Dreiv670/

Drif Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Drif in the Russian language
Дрифdrif-

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