Drygas Surname

257,425th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,530 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Poland
Highest density in:
Poland

Drygas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Drygas Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Poland1,3171:28,8604,397
United States991:3,661,201203,401
Canada331:1,116,53381,834
Germany331:2,439,559124,421
England181:3,095,448105,421
Austria111:774,13064,097
France71:9,488,960336,266
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Guam11:160,1214,893
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

The alternate forms: Drygaś (398) are calculated separately.

Drygas Last Name Facts

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

The surname Drygas occurs more in Poland more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms: Drygaś. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Drygas? popularity and diffusion

The surname Drygas is the 257,425th most prevalent surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 4,763,102 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 91 percent of Drygas live; 86 percent live in Eastern Europe and 86 percent live in West Slavic Europe.

This surname is most widely held in Poland, where it is carried by 1,317 people, or 1 in 28,860. Barring Poland this last name occurs in 13 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 6 percent reside and Canada, where 2 percent reside.

Drygas Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Drygas last name are 13.44% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 66.67% being registered with the party.

The amount Drygas earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 39.43% less than the national average, earning 209,618 kr per year; in United States they earn 24.81% more than the national average, earning $53,854 USD per year and in Canada they earn 29.15% more than the national average, earning $64,167 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Drygaś94398/
Drrygas922/
Dryga91661/
Dregas8314/
Drigas839/
Drzyga834/
Drygacz7724/
Drygach7716/
Drigase775/
Driggas770/
Driga731,281/
Drega73129/
Drygo7346/
Drigau6720/
Drisga6710/
Dresga676/
Driega675/
Dregai673/
Drigai672/
Draiga672/
Drigga671/
Drigha671/
Drziga671/
Drzega671/
Gyryga671/
Dregat670/

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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 Drygas
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