Drijvers Surname

786,896th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 359 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Drijvers Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Drijvers Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands2381:70,95512,066
Belgium1171:98,26215,033
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Drijvers Last Name Facts

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

The last name Drijvers is found in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of Drijvers click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Drijvers? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 786,896th most frequently used family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 20,299,571 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Drijvers live; 99 percent live in Western Europe and 86 percent live in Germanic Europe.

Drijvers is most frequent in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 238 people, or 1 in 70,955. In The Netherlands it is most numerous in: North Brabant, where 61 percent live, Gelderland, where 15 percent live and South Holland, where 9 percent live. Not including The Netherlands Drijvers occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Belgium, where 33 percent live and The Dominican Republic, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Drivers933/
Dreivers886/
Drievers881/
Drevers80118/
Dryvers8086/
Dribers801/
Draaiwers717/
Drebers6728/
Drewers673/
Trojefors596/

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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 Drijvers
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