How common is the surname Dreier?

1,815 people in the United States had the surname Dreier in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 170,108 Americans. It ranked 15,995th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Dreier?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Dreier identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Dreier?

Katherine Sophie Dreier, American artist and art collector (1877-1952), followed by David Dreier.

Where is the surname Dreier most common?

Wikidata records people named Dreier in the United States.

Is the surname Dreier getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,857 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,815 in 2010, down 2.3%.

The surname Dreier

A surname, carried by 1,815 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex D660

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dreier is more common than 90.1% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,815 people named Dreier in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 170,108 Americans. That is down 2.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,857.

#15,995

rank among US surnames

1,815

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

-2.3%

change since 2000 (was #14,680)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,995	Strope	1,815	170,108
#16,004	Portnoy	1,814	170,202

Who is named Dreier

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

96% of people named Dreier identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Dreiers

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Katherine Sophie Dreier
American artist and art collector (1877-1952)
David Dreier
American politician, born 1952

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Dreier

Dreier 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 Dreier?: 1,815 people in the United States had the surname Dreier in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 170,108 Americans. It ranked 15,995th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dreier?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Dreier identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Dreier?: Katherine Sophie Dreier, American artist and art collector (1877-1952), followed by David Dreier.
Where is the surname Dreier most common?: Wikidata records people named Dreier in the United States.
Is the surname Dreier getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,857 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,815 in 2010, down 2.3%.