How common is the surname Drane?

2,706 people in the United States had the surname Drane in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 114,097 Americans. It ranked 11,603rd of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Drane getting more or less common?

More common. 2,460 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,706 in 2010, up 10%.

The surname Drane

A nickname surname, carried by 2,706 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex D650

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Drane is more common than 92.8% of them.

Origin

English surname, from a nickname related to the noun drone referring to idleness and laziness. Also a spelling variant of Drain.

Drane is a nickname surname: from a description or nickname of an ancestor.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,706 people named Drane in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 114,097 Americans. That is up 10% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,460.

#11,603

rank among US surnames

2,706

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+10%

change since 2000 (was #11,684)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,595	Bump	2,708	114,012
#11,597	Ranney	2,707	114,055
#11,603	Drane	2,706	114,097
#11,605	Taub	2,705	114,139
#11,608	Coll	2,704	114,181
#11,610	Arocho	2,703	114,223
#11,612	Sangster	2,702	114,266

Who is named Drane

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

68% of people named Drane identified as white (not Hispanic), 26% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 68%
Black (not Hispanic) 26%
Two or more races 2.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Drane

Drane has the Soundex code D650, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D650.

Questions

Where does the surname Drane come from?: English surname, from a nickname related to the noun drone referring to idleness and laziness. Also a spelling variant of Drain.
How common is the surname Drane?: 2,706 people in the United States had the surname Drane in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 114,097 Americans. It ranked 11,603rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Drane?: In the 2010 Census, 68% of people named Drane identified as white (not Hispanic), and 26% as Black (not Hispanic).
What type of surname is Drane?: Drane is a nickname surname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor.
Is the surname Drane getting more or less common?: More common. 2,460 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,706 in 2010, up 10%.