Droff Surname

1,295,379th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 175 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Droff Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Droff Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France1651:402,56259,152
Russia41:36,030,764577,589
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States121:4,184,890180,076

Droff Last Name Facts

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

The surname Droff is found in France more than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Droff? popularity and diffusion

The last name Droff is the 1,295,379th most commonly used last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 41,643,120 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of Droff are found; 94 percent are found in Western Europe and 94 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.

The surname is most frequently occurring in France, where it is borne by 165 people, or 1 in 402,562. In France it is mostly found in: Brittany, where 84 percent are found, Île-de-France, where 8 percent are found and Normandy, where 5 percent are found. Excluding France Droff occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Russia, where 2 percent are found and The United States, where 2 percent are found.

Droff Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Droff has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Droff last name contracted 75 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Drooff9145/
Drouff911/
Drof8995/
Drouffe8346/
Drouf80315/
Droof807/
Droft804/
Draff802/
Dropf800/
Drauff736/
Draffz735/
D'Roif731/
Draffe731/
Drafft730/
Drob671,640/
Drow67473/
Drov6750/
Drofová6747/
Draf6738/
Drofova676/

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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 Droff
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