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    The surname Drakes

    A surname, carried by 1,177 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex D622

    Drakes: #22,026 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Drakes #22,026, 1,177 people Drakes: #22,026 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Drakes #22,026, 1,177 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Drakes is more common than 86.4% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,177 people named Drakes in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 262,316 Americans. That is up 24% since 2000, when the Census counted 947.

    #22,026
    rank among US surnames
    1,177
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +24.3%
    change since 2000 (was #24,701)

    Who is named Drakes

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

    73% of people named Drakes identified as Black (not Hispanic), 17% as white (not Hispanic) and 7.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • Black (not Hispanic) 73%
    • White (not Hispanic) 17%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7.4%
    • Two or more races 2.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Drakes

    Drakes has the Soundex code D622, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D622.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Drakes?
    1,177 people in the United States had the surname Drakes in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 262,316 Americans. It ranked 22,026th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Drakes?
    In the 2010 Census, 73% of people named Drakes identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 17% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Drakes getting more or less common?
    More common. 947 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,177 in 2010, up 24%.