Drill Surname

397,886th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 885 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Malawi

Drill Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Drill Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4781:758,28259,111
Australia1101:245,41522,739
Malawi1051:163,03916,499
Germany541:1,490,84290,195
Poland241:1,583,69889,279
Austria131:655,03358,041
Indonesia131:10,173,015372,576
Malaysia121:2,457,85295,442
Taiwan91:2,604,97216,335
Papua New Guinea81:1,019,215101,897
India71:109,580,769786,157
Sweden71:1,406,680102,017
China61:227,886,92811,701
Brazil61:35,679,055486,536
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
France11:66,422,722504,397
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England51:4,875,074116,529
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1131:444,41332,195

Drill (28) may also be a first name.

Drill Last Name Facts

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

Drill is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Drill? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 397,886th most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 8,234,515 people. Drill occurs mostly in The Americas, where 52 percent of Drill live; 51 percent live in North America and 51 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,994,417th most widely held first name at a global level It is held by 28 people.

This surname is most numerous in The United States, where it is borne by 478 people, or 1 in 758,282. In The United States Drill is most prevalent in: Minnesota, where 29 percent live, New Jersey, where 10 percent live and Pennsylvania, where 8 percent live. Other than The United States it occurs in 37 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 12 percent live and Malawi, where 12 percent live.

Drill Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Drill has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Drill surname rose 423 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Drill Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Drill surname are 6.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 53% being registered to vote for the political party.

Drill earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 20.56% more than the national average, earning $52,019 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Drioll911/
Drilld911/
Druill910/
Driell910/
Dril89155/
Drll892/
Driel80668/
Drell80521/
Driol80395/
Dryll80164/
Dröll803/
Drilt801/
Drihl800/
Drl754/
Druell7333/
Droell733/
Drigli731/
Driehl731/
Dryl671,265/
Drel67310/
Dhrl673/
Ddrl672/
Drlp671/
Drilova671/

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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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  • 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 Drill
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