Driggs Surname

141,462nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,150 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Trinidad and Tobago

Driggs Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Driggs Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,8331:127,94213,536
Cuba2121:54,3522,151
Trinidad and Tobago451:30,3113,123
Brazil121:17,839,528311,080
Canada81:4,605,699220,704
Ecuador71:2,272,26423,377
Israel71:1,222,51968,299
Spain71:6,678,86292,666
Costa Rica41:1,195,0176,919
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
France11:66,422,722504,397
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6601:76,0898,089

Driggs (10) may also be a first name.

Driggs Last Name Facts

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

The surname Driggs is carried by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Driggs? popularity and diffusion

The last name Driggs is the 141,462nd most numerous family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 2,313,507 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 99 percent of Driggs reside; 90 percent reside in North America and 90 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Driggs is also the 3,684,242nd most frequently held given name in the world, held by 10 people.

This last name is most widely held in The United States, where it is borne by 2,833 people, or 1 in 127,942. In The United States Driggs is most frequent in: California, where 12 percent are found, Utah, where 12 percent are found and Ohio, where 7 percent are found. Beside The United States this surname is found in 20 countries. It also occurs in Cuba, where 7 percent are found and Trinidad and Tobago, where 1 percent are found.

Driggs Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Driggs has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Driggs surname rose 429 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Driggs Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Driggs last name are 13.9% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 60.67% registered with the party.

Driggs earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 2.81% more than the national average, earning $44,362 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Driggss922/
Driggsj921/
Drigg9145/
Drigs912/
Dreggs8323/
Druggs836/
Drigss831/
Drig80213/
Drigh73220/
Drugs73183/
Drics7341/
Driks7338/
Dørig7316/
Draig739/
Dregg734/
Drygg731/
Drixs731/
Dregs731/
Dreig731/
Drygs730/
Drieg730/
Droigk67113/
Dricks6715/
Draigh6714/
Drigue678/
Drieks673/
Driscp671/
Drikse671/

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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 Driggs
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