Drift Surname
Approximately 98 people bear this surname
Drift Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 63 | 1:859,964 | 56,669 |
| Netherlands | 27 | 1:625,451 | 53,034 |
| Canada | 7 | 1:5,263,656 | 239,735 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
Drift (75) may also be a first name.
Drift Demographics
Average Drift Salary in
South Africa
R 160,644
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drifte | 91 | 79 | / |
| Driftz | 91 | 1 | / |
| Dreift | 91 | 1 | / |
| Drif | 89 | 11,425 | / |
| Driffth | 83 | 1 | / |
| Drief | 80 | 3,113 | / |
| Druif | 80 | 189 | / |
| Dhrif | 80 | 79 | / |
| Drife | 80 | 60 | / |
| Driff | 80 | 28 | / |
| Dreif | 80 | 22 | / |
| Draif | 80 | 18 | / |
| Drgif | 80 | 7 | / |
| Drifh | 80 | 4 | / |
| Drivt | 80 | 2 | / |
| Drrif | 80 | 1 | / |
| Druft | 80 | 1 | / |
| Dreft | 80 | 1 | / |
| Druijf | 73 | 106 | / |
| Druiff | 73 | 38 | / |
| Dreifs | 73 | 7 | / |
| D'Roif | 73 | 1 | / |
| Dhraif | 73 | 1 | / |
| Dreftz | 73 | 0 | / |
| Drefts | 73 | 0 | / |
| Dref | 67 | 575 | / |
| Druijff | 67 | 161 | / |
| Drib | 67 | 97 | / |
| Driv | 67 | 6 | / |
| Dreifhe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Dreifch | 67 | 2 | / |
| Drefths | 67 | 0 | / |
Drift Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Drift in the Russian language | ||
| Дрифт | drift | - |
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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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