Driffill Surname

599,225th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 519 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Driffill Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Driffield,' (1) two parishes in East Riding of Yorks; (a) a parish in Gloucestershire, four miles from Cirencester. The variant Driffield represents a common corruption of -field as a suffix in place-words; compare Duffill for Duffield.

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Driffill Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2311:241,20419,754
United States1761:2,059,426131,385
Australia721:374,94030,993
New Zealand171:266,37223,826
South Africa91:6,019,745157,966
Belgium61:1,916,107103,447
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1451:168,10614,298
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States231:2,183,421107,224

Driffill Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Driffield,' (1) two parishes in East Riding of Yorks; (a) a parish in Gloucestershire, four miles from Cirencester. The variant Driffield represents a common corruption of -field as a suffix in place-words; compare Duffill for Duffield.

Thomas de Driffeld, Oxfordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Hugh de Driffeud (sic), Yorkshire, ibid.

Johannes de Dryffeld, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

1669. Married — Rauley Rattford and Hester Driffeild: St. James, Clerkenwell.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

A parish and market-town in Yorkshire.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Driffill Last Name Facts

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

The surname Driffill occurs most in England. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Driffill? popularity and diffusion

Driffill is the 599,225th most widespread last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 14,041,514 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 47 percent of Driffill reside; 46 percent reside in Northern Europe and 45 percent reside in British Isles.

The last name is most common in England, where it is carried by 231 people, or 1 in 241,204. In England it is most frequent in: Lincolnshire, where 29 percent are found, North Yorkshire, where 15 percent are found and East Riding of Yorkshire, where 10 percent are found. Not including England this last name exists in 11 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 34 percent are found and Australia, where 14 percent are found.

Driffill Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Driffill has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Driffill last name rose 159 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it rose 765 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Driffill Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Driffill surname are 16.87% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 63.64% registered with the party.

The amount Driffill earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 12.6% more than the national average, earning R 267,588 per year and in United States they earn 30.44% more than the national average, earning $56,282 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Driffell880/
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Drifell8029/
Driffel801/
Drifl77121/
Druffell753/
Drifel717/
Druffel67681/
Dreffel672/
Driefel671/
Draifel671/
Drufell670/
Dreifeld6340/
Drivflåt631/
Dreifeldt5971/
Drivflådt591/
Drefhl571/
D'Raisfeld561/
Drefeld538/
Drefelt535/
Dresfel530/
Dreyfeld5023/
Drefeldt503/
Dreyfelt501/

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