van Drey Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

van Drey Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Drey Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa61:9,029,617189,736

van Drey Last Name Facts

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

The surname van Drey occurs most in South Africa. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name van Drey? popularity and diffusion

The surname van Drey is the 7,593,402nd most commonly occurring surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of van Drey are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

It is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 9,029,617. In South Africa it is primarily concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 100 percent are found.

van Drey Last Name Statistics demography

van Drey earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 81.3% less than the national average, earning R 44,448 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Dre933/
van Drie881,230/
Van-Drey885/
van Dree881/
van Drue880/
van Dress8216/
van Dresh821/
van Dreis820/
van Drecht7877/
Van-Drie751/
van Drip750/
van Draat715/
van Driss713/
van Draai712/
van Draiss670/
von Dras633/
von Drait591/
von Drach590/

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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 van Drey
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