Driffin Surname

1,736,881st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 111 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Driffin Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Driffin Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1071:3,387,467192,132
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Driffin Last Name Facts

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

The surname Driffin is more commonly found in The United States than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Driffin? popularity and diffusion

Driffin is the 1,736,881st most prevalent surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 65,653,567 people. This last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 96 percent of Driffin are found; 96 percent are found in North America and 96 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

It is most prevalent in The United States, where it is borne by 107 people, or 1 in 3,387,467. In The United States Driffin is most frequent in: South Carolina, where 33 percent live, Connecticut, where 17 percent live and California, where 13 percent live. Outside of The United States this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 4 percent live.

Driffin Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Driffin has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Driffin surname rose 5,350 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Driffin Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Driffin surname are 10.41% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 63.64% being registered with the political party.

Driffin earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 30.16% less than the national average, earning $30,137 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Drifin923/
Druffin8656/
Dreffin8616/
Driffen865/
Drifina861/
Dreffien8018/
Dreffing801/
Drieffen801/
Droiffen801/
Drefin7714/
Drufin776/
Dreffen710/
Dreefen578/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Driffin
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