Drift Surname

1,871,545th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 98 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Drift Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Drift Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa631:859,96456,669
Netherlands271:625,45153,034
Canada71:5,263,656239,735
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128

Drift (75) may also be a first name.

Drift Last Name Facts

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

Drift (Russian: Дрифт) is most common in South Africa. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Drift? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,871,545th most frequently occurring last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 74,362,713 people. The surname Drift is mostly found in Africa, where 64 percent of Drift live; 64 percent live in Southern Africa and 64 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Drift is also the 1,116,575th most widely held forename globally It is held by 75 people.

The last name Drift is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is carried by 63 people, or 1 in 859,964. In South Africa it is most prevalent in: North West, where 71 percent are found, Gauteng, where 22 percent are found and Northern Cape, where 3 percent are found. Outside of South Africa Drift occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 28 percent are found and Canada, where 7 percent are found.

Drift Last Name Statistics demography

Drift earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 32.4% less than the national average, earning R 160,644 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Drifte9179/
Driftz911/
Dreift911/
Drif8911,425/
Driffth831/
Drief803,113/
Druif80189/
Dhrif8079/
Drife8060/
Driff8028/
Dreif8022/
Draif8018/
Drgif807/
Drifh804/
Drivt802/
Drrif801/
Druft801/
Dreft801/
Druijf73106/
Druiff7338/
Dreifs737/
D'Roif731/
Dhraif731/
Dreftz730/
Drefts730/
Dref67575/
Druijff67161/
Drib6797/
Driv676/
Dreifhe672/
Dreifch672/
Drefths670/

Drift Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Drift in the Russian language
Дрифтdrift-

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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 Drift
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