Driscoe Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Ireland

Driscoe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Driscoe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States261:13,940,728505,428
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England71:3,482,19689,582
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States481:1,046,22361,047

Driscoe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Driscoe is most common in The United States. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Driscoe? popularity and diffusion

The last name Driscoe is the 3,730,171st most frequently occurring surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 260,269,497 people. Driscoe occurs mostly in The Americas, where 96 percent of Driscoe are found; 96 percent are found in North America and 96 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The surname Driscoe is most common in The United States, where it is held by 26 people, or 1 in 13,940,728. In The United States it is most common in: Illinois, where 27 percent live, Maryland, where 27 percent live and District of Columbia, where 12 percent live. Aside from The United States it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Ireland, where 4 percent live and Canada, where 4 percent live.

Driscoe Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Driscoe has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Driscoe last name fell 46 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Driscoe Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Driscoe surname are 26.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 80% registered to vote for the party.

Driscoe earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 6.19% less than the national average, earning $40,477 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Driscoo862/
Driscou861/
Drescoe861/
Driskoe860/
Driscu77111/
Driescu711/
Driskey711/
Driskeu711/
Driskie710/
Driskee710/
Drescaer671/
Dresoher670/
Driszkó5728/
Driczku5719/
Driszku5710/
Driskaj575/
Drikoui571/
Drriskó571/
Dreskey571/
Droiskij531/
Dreschkai5019/
Dreschkau502/
Dreschkay501/

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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 Driscoe
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