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
Average Driss Salary in
United States
$38,297 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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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 more frequently found in Algeria than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Driss? popularity and diffusion
Driss is the 35,539th most commonly used last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 490,183 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 80 percent of Driss live; 77 percent live in North Africa and 77 percent live in Mahgreb. It is also the 4,634th most numerous first name on earth, held by 226,525 people.
It is most numerous in Algeria, where it is borne by 5,990 people, or 1 in 6,449. In Algeria Driss is most frequent in: Oran Province, where 19 percent reside, Biskra Province, where 11 percent reside and Algiers Province, where 7 percent reside. Other than Algeria Driss is found in 48 countries. It also occurs in Morocco, where 35 percent reside and Iraq, where 5 percent reside.
Driss Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Driss has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 1,155 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Driss Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is principally Shiite (92%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those holding the Driss last name are 14.95% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 68.18% registered to vote for the 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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