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    The surname Drayer

    A surname, carried by 1,382 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex D660

    Drayer: #19,538 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Drayer #19,538, 1,382 people Drayer: #19,538 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Drayer #19,538, 1,382 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Drayer is more common than 88% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,382 people named Drayer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 223,405 Americans. That is up 6.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,299.

    #19,538
    rank among US surnames
    1,382
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.4%
    change since 2000 (was #19,302)

    Who is named Drayer

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

    90% of people named Drayer identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 90%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 4.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Drayer

    Drayer has the Soundex code D660, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D660.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Drayer?
    1,382 people in the United States had the surname Drayer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 223,405 Americans. It ranked 19,538th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Drayer?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Drayer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Drayer getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,299 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,382 in 2010, up 6.4%.