# Dragon (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/dragon/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,475 |
| US rank (2010) | 12,520 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 124,746 people |
| Change since 2000 | +7.0% (2,313 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Dragon in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 88% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 4.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 3.1% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 1.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Dragon in the United States.

## People named Dragon

- Carmen Dragon, American conductor, composer, and arranger (1914-1984)
- Daryl Dragon, American musician (1942–2019)

## Similar surnames

Dargan, Dorgan, Durgan, Draughn, Draughon, Durkin, Durgin, Dirksen, Derrickson, Dierking, Dworkin, Driessen.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.