Drivers Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Sudan

Drivers Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Drivers 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
England11:55,718,059489,080
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England161:1,523,46151,234
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States181:2,789,927129,797

Drivers (8) may also be a first name.

Drivers Last Name Facts

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

The last name Drivers (Arabic: دريفر, Russian: Дриверс) is more commonly found in England than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Drivers? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 10,311,814th most widely held surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 67 percent of Drivers are found; 33 percent are found in North Africa and 33 percent are found in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 4,213,784th most numerous forename worldwide, held by 8 people.

Drivers is most common in England, where it is carried by 1 people, or 1 in 55,718,059. In England Drivers is most numerous in: East Sussex, where 100 percent reside. Not including England this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 33 percent reside and Sudan, where 33 percent reside.

Drivers Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Drivers has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Drivers last name fell 94 percent between 1881 and 2014.

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
Drijvers93359/
Dreivers936/
Drievers931/
Drevers86118/
Dryvers8686/
Dribers861/
Druvers861/
Draaiwers757/
Drebers7128/
Drewers713/
Drübers712/
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Drivers Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Drivers in the Russian language
Дриверсdrivers-
Drivers in the Arabic language
دريفرdryfr-

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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 Drivers
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