Droß Surname

738,530th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 391 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Droß Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Droß Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany3901:206,42423,524
Austria11:8,515,435118,036

The alternate forms: Dro (7,845), Drò (3) & Dró (1) are calculated separately.

Droß Last Name Facts

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

The last name Droß has its highest incidence in Germany. It may be rendered as a variant: Dro, Drò or Dró. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Droß? popularity and diffusion

It is the 738,530th most numerous family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 18,638,225 people. Droß occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Droß are found; 100 percent are found in Western Europe and 100 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname Droß is most common in Germany, where it is held by 390 people, or 1 in 206,424. In Germany Droß is mostly concentrated in: Hesse, where 49 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 29 percent live and Berlin, where 12 percent live. Outside of Germany this surname exists in one country. It is also found in Austria, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dro957,845/
Droße8926/
Drò863/
Dró861/
Droh758,901/
Droz754,782/
Drop753,370/
Dros751,086/
Droy75767/
Droś75725/
Drot75715/
Drou75404/
Drgo75140/
Droj75119/
Droi7582/
Draß7570/
Droa7539/
Druo7533/
Dhro7520/
Drod7510/
Drox758/
Droo756/
Drzo756/
Hdro755/
Drro754/
Drho752/
Droš751/
Tdro751/
Droź751/
Drost6714,346/
Dross671,391/
Droit671,255/
Droux671,192/
Drott671,005/
Druot67627/
Drose67533/
Hdros67456/
Droup67388/
Dropp67349/
Droop67314/
Drotz67280/
Drots67259/
Drout67152/
Droch67143/
Drosd67134/
Drgoň67105/
Dhroy6781/
Drodt6769/
Drgos6754/
Droce6748/
Droud6739/
Drosz6734/
Drohe6730/
Drous6729/
Drozt6729/
Drooz6729/
Drood6729/
Drouh6727/
Drois6714/
Drodz6710/
Drozs677/
Drocz677/
Drgoš677/
Drosč676/
Droid675/
Dhrod675/
Drooh674/
Drosh674/
Drouz673/
Droot673/
Droos673/
Droyd672/
Dhroo672/
Droys672/
Drros671/
Drohy671/
Droht671/
Drohj671/
Droyt671/
Drzoz671/
Tdrou671/
Drozz671/
Drgoo671/
D'Roz671/
Dropf670/
Drodd670/
Droiz670/

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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
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  • 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 Droß
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