Dryer Surname
Approximately 4,675 people bear this surname
Dryer Surname Definition:
(German) One who fashioned objects on a lathe, a turner.
Dryer Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4,109 | 1:88,211 | 9,939 |
| England | 259 | 1:215,128 | 18,355 |
| Canada | 131 | 1:281,264 | 26,302 |
| Australia | 58 | 1:465,443 | 35,949 |
| South Africa | 37 | 1:1,464,262 | 76,407 |
| Poland | 26 | 1:1,461,875 | 85,446 |
| Germany | 13 | 1:6,192,728 | 213,814 |
| Israel | 13 | 1:658,280 | 45,106 |
| Scotland | 6 | 1:892,303 | 28,047 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Liechtenstein | 1 | 1:38,378 | 1,726 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 9 | 1:492,207 | 16,355 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 116 | 1:210,132 | 16,406 |
| Scotland | 11 | 1:340,292 | 10,329 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:784,208 | 16,349 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,318 | 1:38,102 | 4,517 |
Dryer Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(German) One who fashioned objects on a lathe, a turner.
Dryer Demographics
Dryer Political Affiliation
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Dryer Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dryer Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dryer occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dryer? popularity and diffusion
It is the 100,968th most frequently occurring last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,558,833 people. The last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 86 percent of Dryer reside; 85 percent reside in North America and 85 percent reside in Anglo-North America.
The surname Dryer is most frequent in The United States, where it is carried by 4,109 people, or 1 in 88,211. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: Michigan, where 12 percent live, Missouri, where 10 percent live and California, where 8 percent live. Aside from The United States Dryer exists in 24 countries. It is also found in England, where 6 percent live and Canada, where 3 percent live.
Dryer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Dryer has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Dryer last name grew 312 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 223 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it declined 45 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 89 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Dryer Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Dryer surname is primarily Catholic (89%) in Ireland.
In The United States Dryer are 11.26% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 58.03% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Dryer earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 41.63% less than the national average, earning R 138,708 per year; in United States they earn 6.62% more than the national average, earning $46,005 USD per year and in Canada they earn 24.6% more than the national average, earning $61,903 CAD per year.
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Dryer Reference & Research
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Footnotes
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- 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 Dryer
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