Drona Surname
Approximately 425 people bear this surname
Drona Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 196 | 1:3,913,599 | 107,087 |
| Philippines | 163 | 1:621,093 | 66,503 |
| United Arab Emirates | 37 | 1:247,629 | 17,078 |
| United States | 16 | 1:22,653,683 | 662,747 |
| Ukraine | 5 | 1:9,104,539 | 300,808 |
| Latvia | 2 | 1:1,025,023 | 41,546 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
The alternate forms: Droña (81) are calculated separately.
Drona (3,008) may also be a first name.
Drona Demographics
Average Drona Salary in
United States
$47,438 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
View the highest/lowest earning families in The United States
Drona Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Drona Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Drona (Arabic: درعوني, Bengali: দ্রোনা, Hindi: द्रोणा, Oriya: େଦାଣ, Tibetan: དོར་ན་) is carried by more people in India than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms: Droña. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Drona? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 694,796th most frequently used family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 17,147,167 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 93 percent of Drona live; 46 percent live in South Asia and 46 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Drona is also the 131,919th most frequently held forename worldwide, borne by 3,008 people.
Drona is most widely held in India, where it is carried by 196 people, or 1 in 3,913,599. In India Drona is primarily found in: Maharashtra, where 34 percent live, Telangana, where 27 percent live and Andhra Pradesh, where 12 percent live. Excluding India this last name occurs in 11 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 38 percent live and The United Arab Emirates, where 9 percent live.
Drona Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Drona has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Drona last name rose 800 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Drona Last Name Statistics demography
Drona earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 9.94% more than the national average, earning $47,438 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Drona Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Drona in the Tibetan language | ||
| དོར་ན་ | dorna | - |
| Drona in the Oriya language | ||
| େଦାଣ | edana | 94.16 |
| ରଣା | rana | 2.92 |
| ନାଗ | naga | 2.92 |
| Drona in the Hindi language | ||
| द्रोणा | drona | 71.21 |
| द्रोण | drona | 15.15 |
| द्रोना | drona | 13.64 |
| Drona in the Bengali language | ||
| দ্রোনা | drona | 50 |
| দ্রোন | drona | 50 |
| Drona in the Arabic language | ||
| درعوني | drwny | - |
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Drona
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis