Drigan Surname

2,776,799th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 49 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Slovakia

Drigan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Drigan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States331:10,983,604436,696
Russia81:18,015,382436,635
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Slovakia31:1,778,817104,392
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States201:2,510,934119,518

The alternate forms: Drigán (60) are calculated separately.

Drigan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Drigan (Hindi: दृगन, Marathi: ीगन, Russian: Дриган) is most common in The United States. It may be found as: Drigán. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Drigan? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,776,799th most frequent surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 148,725,427 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 73 percent of Drigan live; 73 percent live in North America and 73 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most frequently used in The United States, where it is held by 33 people, or 1 in 10,983,604. In The United States Drigan is mostly concentrated in: Maryland, where 33 percent reside, Florida, where 18 percent reside and New Jersey, where 18 percent reside. Without taking into account The United States this surname is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 16 percent reside and Canada, where 6 percent reside.

Drigan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Drigan has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Drigan last name grew 165 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Drigan Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Drigan last name are 19.9% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 66.67% registered with the party.

Drigan earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 19.25% more than the national average, earning $51,454 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Drigán9460/
Drigant9250/
Driegan925/
Drigand922/
Draigan921/
Driggan920/
Drăgan837,652/
Drugan831,312/
Dregan83751/
Drigon8364/
Drygan8328/
Drägan8323/
Driganova807/
Driganová803/
Drigone77269/
Druggan77152/
Drygant7749/
Dreigon777/
Drigham774/
Dreygan772/
Drigont772/
Drygand771/
Drughan771/
Dreggan771/
Dreganc771/
Draigam771/
Drzegan771/
Dreagan770/
Druegan770/
Dreeganh711/
Dryganova67108/
Dregon6736/
Drugon6720/
Dreganova6715/
Drugán671/
Drăgăn671/
Drughon621/
Druegon621/
Drygoń501/

Drigan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Drigan in the Hindi language
दृगनdrgana-
Drigan in the Marathi language
ीगनigana-
Drigan in the Russian language
Дриганdrigan-

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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
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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 Drigan
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