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

Droff occurs in France more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Droff.

How Common Is The Last Name Droff? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,295,379th most numerous family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 41,643,120 people. The surname occurs mostly 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 prevalent in France, where it is borne by 165 people, or 1 in 402,562. In France Droff is mostly found in: Brittany, where 84 percent reside, Île-de-France, where 8 percent reside and Normandy, where 5 percent reside. Excluding France this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 2 percent reside and The United States, where 2 percent reside.

Droff Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Droff has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Droff last name fell 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
  • 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 Droff
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