Drosten Surname

506,165th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 648 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Drosten Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Drosten Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany4281:188,09721,845
Netherlands1471:114,87918,247
United States361:10,068,304413,125
Brazil121:17,839,528311,080
Australia101:2,699,570109,631
England61:9,286,343223,652
Switzerland41:2,053,22997,179
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
France11:66,422,722504,397
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

Drosten Last Name Facts

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

The surname Drosten is more frequently found in Germany than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Drosten? popularity and diffusion

The surname Drosten is the 506,165th most frequently held family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 11,246,213 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 91 percent of Drosten live; 90 percent live in Western Europe and 89 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Germany, where it is held by 428 people, or 1 in 188,097. In Germany Drosten is most numerous in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 56 percent live, Lower Saxony, where 35 percent live and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where 5 percent live. Other than Germany this surname occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 23 percent live and The United States, where 6 percent live.

Drosten Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Drosten has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 400 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Drosten Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Drosten surname are 36.56% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 83.33% being registered to vote for the political party.

Drosten earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 22.62% more than the national average, earning $52,908 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Droten920/
Drothen8683/
Drodten8672/
Drotten8617/
Drostin863/
Draxsten801/
Draten7711/
Drotin773/
Drathen71219/
Draxten71120/
Drootin7145/
Droštín7115/
Dreuten7112/
Droštin717/
Drestin712/
Draaten711/
Drotyna711/
Drostinova711/
Drahten711/
Dratten711/
Drgastin6726/
Drachten6721/
Dratin624/
Droštinová5926/
Droštínová593/
Dration571/
Draxtem571/
Drattin571/
Drathin570/

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Drosten Reference & Research

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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 Drosten
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis