Driss Surname
Approximately 14,867 people bear this surname
Driss Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 5,990 | 1:6,449 | 1,062 |
| Morocco | 5,248 | 1:6,569 | 798 |
| Iraq | 692 | 1:50,609 | 2,011 |
| France | 610 | 1:108,890 | 16,211 |
| Lebanon | 589 | 1:9,571 | 1,448 |
| Niger | 284 | 1:67,578 | 3,082 |
| Jordan | 213 | 1:41,514 | 4,565 |
| Saudi Arabia | 199 | 1:155,054 | 22,057 |
| Tunisia | 156 | 1:3,914 | 597 |
| Yemen | 145 | 1:182,243 | 8,191 |
| Spain | 131 | 1:356,886 | 20,305 |
| United States | 127 | 1:2,854,007 | 168,820 |
| Mauritania | 122 | 1:33,564 | 2,716 |
| Kuwait | 77 | 1:49,360 | 5,585 |
| Germany | 36 | 1:2,236,263 | 117,794 |
| Belgium | 30 | 1:383,221 | 41,070 |
| Philippines | 22 | 1:4,601,737 | 165,269 |
| New Caledonia | 21 | 1:13,153 | 3,514 |
| Canada | 17 | 1:2,167,388 | 133,872 |
| Iran | 16 | 1:4,798,908 | 119,068 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| Palestine | 15 | 1:303,257 | 10,878 |
| United Arab Emirates | 15 | 1:610,818 | 23,687 |
| Malaysia | 14 | 1:2,106,730 | 83,604 |
| Syria | 12 | 1:1,608,418 | 8,291 |
| Russia | 11 | 1:13,102,096 | 377,010 |
| Australia | 10 | 1:2,699,570 | 109,631 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Italy | 5 | 1:12,231,338 | 126,430 |
| French Polynesia | 4 | 1:70,201 | 4,444 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 1:2,053,229 | 97,179 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 1:5,629,059 | 132,535 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 11 | 1:4,565,335 | 193,764 |
Driss (226,525) may also be a first name.
Driss Demographics
Driss Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Driss Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Driss Come From? nationality or country of origin
Driss (Arabic: دريس, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺩﺭﻳﺲ, Russian: Дрисс) is carried by more people in Algeria than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Driss? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 35,539th most frequently held last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 490,183 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 80 percent of Driss reside; 77 percent reside in North Africa and 77 percent reside in Mahgreb. Driss is also the 4,634th most widely held first name on earth, borne by 226,525 people.
Driss is most frequently occurring in Algeria, where it is borne by 5,990 people, or 1 in 6,449. In Algeria Driss is primarily found in: Oran Province, where 19 percent are found, Biskra Province, where 11 percent are found and Algiers Province, where 7 percent are found. Excluding Algeria this surname is found in 48 countries. It also occurs in Morocco, where 35 percent are found and Iraq, where 5 percent are found.
Driss Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Driss has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Driss last name grew 1,155 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Driss Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is chiefly Shiite (92%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those holding the Driss surname are 14.95% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 68.18% being registered with the political party.
The amount Driss earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 11.24% less than the national average, earning $38,297 USD per year and in Canada they earn 16.02% less than the national average, earning $41,725 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Driss Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Driss in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﺩﺭﻳﺲ | adrys | 90.57 |
| ﺇﺩﺭﻳﺲ | adrys | 5.66 |
| ﺍﺭﺩﻳﺲ | ardys | 1.89 |
| ﺩﺭﻳﺲ | drys | 1.89 |
| Driss in the Russian language | ||
| Дрисс | driss | - |
| Driss in the Arabic language | ||
| دريس | drys | - |
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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 Driss
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