Drozd Surname

12,933rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 43,368 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Poland
Highest density in:
Belarus

Drozd Surname Definition:

(Polish, Ukranian) One with some characteristic of a thrush; dweller at the sign of the thrush.

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Drozd Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Poland15,3361:2,478232
Ukraine9,3221:4,883488
Belarus5,7771:1,64582
Russia5,4551:26,4203,683
United States2,5971:139,56814,539
Czechia1,0091:10,5391,419
Romania9221:21,7762,791
Slovakia5001:10,6731,291
Lithuania4981:6,0941,042
Kazakhstan2981:59,3377,368
Canada2831:130,19613,551
France2331:285,07643,747
England2261:246,54020,052
Germany1691:476,36441,414
Argentina1031:414,98531,631
Spain921:508,17425,386
Uzbekistan821:377,1859,590
Austria531:160,66921,171
Australia391:692,19746,687
Venezuela371:816,32613,210
Brazil361:5,946,509145,792
Norway301:171,41020,526
Estonia271:48,9569,235
Moldova261:136,97614,869
Israel251:342,30528,607
Belgium171:676,27358,718
Netherlands161:1,055,44866,951
Sweden151:656,45048,545
Switzerland151:547,52838,365
Croatia141:302,04329,715
Hungary131:755,09840,181
Denmark111:513,15632,022
Northern Ireland91:205,0049,958
Thailand81:8,829,793476,604
Kyrgyzstan81:746,58248,952
Italy81:7,644,586115,463
Azerbaijan81:1,206,14016,795
United Arab Emirates61:1,527,04651,993
Wales51:618,90625,852
Armenia41:732,54511,666
Ireland31:1,569,64617,286
China31:455,773,85521,925
Transnistria31:158,23313,093
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Georgia21:1,872,77235,618
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Abkhazia11:242,8655,354
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Tajikistan11:8,386,69212,859
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Iceland11:380,09011,096
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
North Macedonia11:2,101,47231,546
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

The alternate forms: Drożd (12), Drózd (10), Drožd (1) & Drožď (1) are calculated separately.

Drozd (27) may also be a first name.

Drozd Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Polish, Ukranian) One with some characteristic of a thrush; dweller at the sign of the thrush.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

User-submitted Reference

The name, drozd, means 'thrush' (the bird) in Russian. The Russian spelling is дрозд.

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Drozd Last Name Facts

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

The surname Drozd (Georgian: დროზდ, Russian: Дрозд) is more commonly found in Poland than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Drożd, Drózd, Drožd or Drožď. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Drozd? popularity and diffusion

The surname Drozd is the 12,933rd most common surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 168,040 people. Drozd occurs predominantly in Europe, where 88 percent of Drozd reside; 85 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 44 percent reside in East Slavic Europe. It is also the 2,036,353rd most frequently used forename in the world, held by 27 people.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Poland, where it is held by 15,336 people, or 1 in 2,478. Excluding Poland this last name is found in 64 countries. It is also found in Ukraine, where 21 percent live and Belarus, where 13 percent live.

Drozd Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Drozd has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Drozd surname increased 259,700 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Drozd Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Drozd last name is principally Orthodox (91%) in Russia, Orthodox (91%) in Belarus, Orthodox (100%) in Kazakhstan and Orthodox (77%) in Ukraine.

In The United States Drozd are 11.04% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 57.81% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Drozd earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 16.8% less than the national average, earning 287,925 kr per year; in United States they earn 4.52% more than the national average, earning $45,098 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.4% more than the national average, earning $53,362 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Drożd9312/
Drózd9310/
Drožd931/
Drozdz911,188/
Drozds91136/
Drozhd9132/
Drozdd911/
Drožď871/
Droze80491/
Druzd80426/
Drosd80134/
Drozh8045/
Drazd801/
Drozdova7740,329/
Drozdová771,817/
Drozdowa7713/
Drożdz73160/
Drosdz7379/
Druzdz7321/
Drosdt7316/
Drouze738/
Droźdz735/
Droždz734/
Drożcz734/
Drózdz733/
Drozhdova714/
Drozhzh6714/
Drozhch671/

Drozd Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Drozd in the Georgian language
დროზდdrozd-
Drozd in the Russian language
Дроздdrozd-

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