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    The surname Drago

    An Italian surname, carried by 3,275 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex D620

    Drago: #9,875 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Drago #9,875, 3,275 people Drago: #9,875 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Drago #9,875, 3,275 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Drago is more common than 93.9% of them.

    Origin

    Italian origin

    Borrowed from Italian Drago.

    One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,275 people named Drago in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 94,273 Americans. That is up 5.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,103.

    #9,875
    rank among US surnames
    3,275
    people in 2010
    1.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.5%
    change since 2000 (was #9,614)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #9,870Biles3,27894,187
    #9,872Dake3,27794,216
    #9,873Bingaman3,27694,245
    #9,875Dewald3,27594,273
    #9,877Portis3,27494,302
    #9,879Soltis3,27394,331
    #9,881Ugarte3,27294,360

    Who is named Drago

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    89% of people named Drago identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 89%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6.5%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.3%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Dragos

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Luis María Drago
      Argentine politician (1859-1921)
    • Gago Drago
      Armenian martial artist, born 1985

    Notable Dragos come mostly from Argentina (1) and Kingdom of the Netherlands (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Drago

    Drago has the Soundex code D620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D620.

    Other Italian surnames

    All 798 Italian surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Drago come from?
    Borrowed from Italian Drago.
    How common is the surname Drago?
    3,275 people in the United States had the surname Drago in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 94,273 Americans. It ranked 9,875th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Drago?
    In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Drago identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Drago?
    Luis María Drago, Argentine politician (1859-1921), followed by Gago Drago.
    Where is the surname Drago most common?
    Wikidata records people named Drago in Argentina and Kingdom of the Netherlands.
    Is the surname Drago getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,103 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,275 in 2010, up 5.5%.