How common is the surname Drescher?

2,535 people in the United States had the surname Drescher in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 121,793 Americans. It ranked 12,269th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Drescher?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Drescher identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Drescher?

Fran Drescher, American actress.

Where is the surname Drescher most common?

Wikidata records people named Drescher in the United States.

Is the surname Drescher getting more or less common?

More common. 2,533 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,535 in 2010, up 0.1%.

The surname Drescher

A German surname, carried by 2,535 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex D626

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Drescher is more common than 92.4% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Drescher (“thresher”). Doublet of Thresher.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,535 people named Drescher in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 121,793 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 2,533.

#12,269

rank among US surnames

2,535

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+0.1%

change since 2000 (was #11,410)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,261	Starner	2,537	121,697
#12,264	Lounsbury	2,536	121,745
#12,269	Berggren	2,535	121,793
#12,274	Vinyard	2,534	121,841
#12,276	Altizer	2,533	121,889

Who is named Drescher

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

95% of people named Drescher identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Dreschers

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Fran Drescher
American actress, born 1957

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Drescher

Drescher has the Soundex code D626, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D626.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Drescher come from?: Borrowed from German Drescher (“thresher”). Doublet of Thresher.
How common is the surname Drescher?: 2,535 people in the United States had the surname Drescher in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 121,793 Americans. It ranked 12,269th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Drescher?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Drescher identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Drescher?: Fran Drescher, American actress.
Where is the surname Drescher most common?: Wikidata records people named Drescher in the United States.
Is the surname Drescher getting more or less common?: More common. 2,533 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,535 in 2010, up 0.1%.