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    The surname Draughon

    An Irish surname, carried by 1,309 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex D625

    Draughon: #20,309 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Draughon #20,309, 1,309 people Draughon: #20,309 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Draughon #20,309, 1,309 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Draughon is more common than 87.5% of them.

    Origin

    Irish origin

    Variant of Drohan.

    One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,309 people named Draughon in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 235,864 Americans. That is up 9.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,195.

    #20,309
    rank among US surnames
    1,309
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +9.5%
    change since 2000 (was #20,599)

    Who is named Draughon

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

    77% of people named Draughon identified as white (not Hispanic), 19% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 77%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 19%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.3%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Draughon

    Draughon has the Soundex code D625, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D625.

    Other Irish surnames

    All 880 Irish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Draughon come from?
    Variant of Drohan.
    How common is the surname Draughon?
    1,309 people in the United States had the surname Draughon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 235,864 Americans. It ranked 20,309th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Draughon?
    In the 2010 Census, 77% of people named Draughon identified as white (not Hispanic), and 19% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Draughon getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,195 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,309 in 2010, up 9.5%.