Drobig Surname

1,359,010th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 163 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Drobig Surname User-submission:

From the village of Droben near Bautzen meaning 'up there'. Upper Sorbian Droby, is a village in Saxony Bautzen district. It belongs to the Oberlausitz.

Drobig Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1101:731,86855,248
England221:2,532,63991,802
Canada161:2,302,849139,666
Poland121:3,167,396120,990
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

Drobig Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

From the village of Droben near Bautzen meaning 'up there'. Upper Sorbian Droby, is a village in Saxony Bautzen district. It belongs to the Oberlausitz.

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Drobig Last Name Facts

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

The last name Drobig is borne by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Drobig? popularity and diffusion

The last name Drobig is the 1,359,010th most commonly occurring surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 44,708,871 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 89 percent of Drobig reside; 67 percent reside in Western Europe and 67 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is held by 110 people, or 1 in 731,868. In Germany it is most common in: Baden-Württemberg, where 31 percent reside, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 21 percent reside and Lower Saxony, where 10 percent reside. Outside of Germany this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also common in England, where 13 percent reside and Canada, where 10 percent reside.

Drobig Last Name Statistics demography

Drobig earn notably more than the average income. In Canada they earn 17.36% more than the national average, earning $58,310 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Drobik831,136/
Drubig8374/
Drobic8341/
Drabig8329/
Drobeg831/
Drobiec77243/
Drobick7763/
Drobics7716/
Droubaix7155/
Drabhaig7110/
Drabik6711,184/
Drobek671,742/
Drábik67565/
Drobec67329/
Drobyk67310/
Drabic67237/
Drobikova6761/
Drobík6754/
Drovik675/
Drovic673/
Drubik672/
Drebik671/

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