Dron Surname
Approximately 6,654 people bear this surname
Dron Surname Definition:
Of local origin from the place of this name in southeast Perthshire. The surname is confined mainly to this part of the shire and the adjoining county of Fife. Laurence Drone "apud molendinum de Exmagirdill" was retoured heir of Laurence Drone his father, in 1617 (Retours, Fife, 270).
Read More About This SurnameDron Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ukraine | 1,855 | 1:24,541 | 3,486 |
| Russia | 1,491 | 1:96,662 | 11,956 |
| France | 1,150 | 1:57,759 | 7,716 |
| Romania | 383 | 1:52,423 | 6,482 |
| Moldova | 351 | 1:10,146 | 1,738 |
| United States | 281 | 1:1,289,889 | 90,528 |
| Belarus | 219 | 1:43,384 | 7,436 |
| India | 135 | 1:5,681,966 | 136,010 |
| England | 135 | 1:412,726 | 28,150 |
| Australia | 106 | 1:254,676 | 23,375 |
| Canada | 94 | 1:391,974 | 34,739 |
| Kazakhstan | 89 | 1:198,680 | 18,516 |
| Scotland | 55 | 1:97,342 | 6,721 |
| New Zealand | 38 | 1:119,166 | 14,967 |
| Uzbekistan | 33 | 1:937,247 | 18,607 |
| Germany | 32 | 1:2,515,796 | 126,826 |
| Argentina | 31 | 1:1,378,820 | 78,351 |
| Ivory Coast | 30 | 1:769,041 | 20,891 |
| Poland | 26 | 1:1,461,875 | 85,446 |
| Philippines | 22 | 1:4,601,737 | 165,269 |
| Belgium | 16 | 1:718,540 | 60,840 |
| Malaysia | 14 | 1:2,106,730 | 83,604 |
| Jersey | 7 | 1:14,172 | 2,872 |
| Taiwan | 5 | 1:4,688,949 | 27,695 |
| Greece | 5 | 1:2,215,958 | 91,893 |
| Azerbaijan | 5 | 1:1,929,824 | 23,635 |
| Spain | 4 | 1:11,688,009 | 116,470 |
| Israel | 4 | 1:2,139,408 | 95,907 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Monaco | 3 | 1:12,355 | 2,088 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1:290,271 | 8,611 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Cambodia | 2 | 1:7,743,573 | 11,959 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Transnistria | 1 | 1:474,699 | 17,893 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 142 | 1:26,361 | 2,369 |
| England | 52 | 1:468,757 | 26,382 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
The alternate forms: Droń (499) & Drón (1) are calculated separately.
Dron (6,599) may also be a first name.
Dron Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Of local origin from the place of this name in southeast Perthshire. The surname is confined mainly to this part of the shire and the adjoining county of Fife. Laurence Drone "apud molendinum de Exmagirdill" was retoured heir of Laurence Drone his father, in 1617 (Retours, Fife, 270). The name is common in the Commissariot record of Dunblane from 1621 onwards. Alexander Dron, sailor in Leith, 1677 (Inquis., 6034), and Catharine Dron at Milne of Muckarsie, 1688 (Dunkeld). James Dron in Auchtermochtie, 1670 (Edin. App.).
(Celtic) Dweller at the Hill-Back or Hill-Ridge [Gaelic dronn, a back, rump]
(Scottish) One who came from Dron (hill ridge), in Perthshire; dweller at the rump or hill ridge.
A parish in Fifeshire.
Dron Demographics
Dron Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Dron Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dron Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dron (Bengali: দ্রোন, Hindi: द्रोण, Oriya: େଦାଣ, Russian: Дронь) occurs most in Ukraine. It can be found in the variant forms: Droń or Drón. Click here for other possible spellings of Dron.
How Common Is The Last Name Dron? popularity and diffusion
It is the 73,945th most numerous surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 1,095,213 people. The surname Dron occurs predominantly in Europe, where 82 percent of Dron live; 61 percent live in Eastern Europe and 49 percent live in East Slavic Europe. Dron is also the 80,613th most frequently held first name throughout the world, borne by 6,599 people.
It is most commonly used in Ukraine, where it is carried by 1,855 people, or 1 in 24,541. In Ukraine it is mostly concentrated in: Chernivtsi Oblast, where 18 percent live, Lviv Oblast, where 13 percent live and Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, where 9 percent live. Without taking into account Ukraine this last name is found in 52 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 22 percent live and France, where 17 percent live.
Dron Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Dron has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Dron surname expanded 28,100 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 260 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it fell 61 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Dron Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is predominantly Orthodox (87%) in Russia, Orthodox (91%) in Belarus and Orthodox (73%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those holding the Dron surname are 0.47000000000001% more likely to be registered with the United Russia Party than the national average, with 46.3% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Dron earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 16.45% more than the national average, earning $50,249 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.76% less than the national average, earning $45,826 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dron Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dron in the Bengali language | ||
| দ্রোন | drona | - |
| Dron in the Hindi language | ||
| द्रोण | drona | 97.64 |
| द्रोन | drona | 2.36 |
| Dron in the Oriya language | ||
| େଦାଣ | edana | 97.38 |
| ରଣା | rana | 2.62 |
| Dron in the Russian language | ||
| Дронь | dron | - |
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