Drums Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Northern Ireland
Highest density in:
Northern Ireland

Drums Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Drums Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Northern Ireland101:184,5049,341
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Drums (18) may also be a first name.

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Drums Demographics

Average Male Drums Height

173.75 cm

Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 36 (2014)

Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries

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Drums Last Name Facts

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

The last name Drums has its highest incidence in Northern Ireland. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Drums? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 5,391,485th most widely held last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 77 percent of Drums reside; 77 percent reside in Northern Europe and 77 percent reside in British Isles. Drums is also the 2,608,198th most frequently occurring given name internationally, borne by 18 people.

It is most commonly occurring in Northern Ireland, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 184,504. In Northern Ireland Drums is primarily concentrated in: Ulster, where 100 percent are found. Without taking into account Northern Ireland this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Israel, where 8 percent are found and Thailand, where 8 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Drumms917/
Drumss911/
Druims910/
Draumås8316/
Droms80126/
Druns804/
Drumz801/
Drims801/
Dromms7328/
Drooms731/
Drzoms731/
Drouns731/
Druggins620/
Drons6032/
Dronsz552/
Dronsch5010/
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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 Drums
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