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 surname Drums is found most in Northern Ireland. It may also appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Drums.

How Common Is The Last Name Drums? popularity and diffusion

The surname Drums is the 5,391,485th most widespread surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 77 percent of Drums live; 77 percent live in Northern Europe and 77 percent live in British Isles. Drums is also the 2,608,198th most widely held first name globally, borne by 18 people.

Drums is most common in Northern Ireland, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 184,504. In Northern Ireland Drums is most numerous in: Ulster, where 100 percent live. Without taking into account Northern Ireland this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Israel, where 8 percent live and Thailand, where 8 percent live.

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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