Dráb Surname

385,006th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 923 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Slovakia
Highest density in:
Slovakia

Dráb Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dráb Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Slovakia4881:10,9351,339
Czechia4331:24,5583,834
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Drab (6,498) are calculated separately.

Dráb Last Name Facts

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

The surname Dráb is held by more people in Slovakia than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms: Drab. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Dráb? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 385,006th most commonly used last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 7,895,499 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Dráb reside; 100 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 100 percent reside in West Slavic Europe.

Dráb is most frequently held in Slovakia, where it is borne by 488 people, or 1 in 10,935. In Slovakia it is most common in: Prešov Region, where 32 percent reside, Trenčín Region, where 18 percent reside and Banská Bystrica Region, where 17 percent reside. Without taking into account Slovakia this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Czechia, where 47 percent reside and The Netherlands, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Drab926,498/
Drob751,640/
Drábová73873/
Dreib672,709/
Droub67240/
Droob67142/
Drabs67120/
Draub6751/
Draib6716/
Draab6712/
Dreab675/
Drabh674/
Ddrab671/
Dhrab671/
Drajb671/
Drobs671/

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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 Dráb
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