How common is the surname Drennan?

4,233 people in the United States had the surname Drennan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 72,938 Americans. It ranked 7,821st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Drennan?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Drennan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Drennan getting more or less common?

More common. 3,927 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,233 in 2010, up 7.8%.

What are other spellings of Drennan?

Drennen, Drennon, Drinan, Drinane, Drinnan and Drinnon.

The surname Drennan

An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 4,233 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex D655

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Drennan is more common than 95.2% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Draighneáin (“descendant of Draighneán”), a byname from draighneán (“blackthorn tree”).

Drennan is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

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 4,233 people named Drennan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 72,938 Americans. That is up 7.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,927.

#7,821

rank among US surnames

4,233

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+7.8%

change since 2000 (was #7,811)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,815	Danko	4,237	72,869
#7,816	Huertas	4,235	72,903
#7,819	Shouse	4,234	72,921
#7,821	Powe	4,233	72,938
#7,825	Sanjuan	4,232	72,955
#7,827	Holston	4,231	72,972

Who is named Drennan

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

92% of people named Drennan identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.9% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.9%
Two or more races 1.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Drennen
Drennon
Drinan
Drinane
Drinnan
Drinnon
Drynan

Surnames that sound like Drennan

Drennan has the Soundex code D655, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D655.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Drennan come from?: Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Draighneáin (“descendant of Draighneán”), a byname from draighneán (“blackthorn tree”).
How common is the surname Drennan?: 4,233 people in the United States had the surname Drennan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 72,938 Americans. It ranked 7,821st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Drennan?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Drennan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
What type of surname is Drennan?: Drennan is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Drennan getting more or less common?: More common. 3,927 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,233 in 2010, up 7.8%.
What are other spellings of Drennan?: Drennen, Drennon, Drinan, Drinane, Drinnan and Drinnon.