# Dresser (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/dresser/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,186 |
| US rank (2010) | 10,114 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 96,907 people |
| Change since 2000 | +13% (2,816 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Dresser in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 93% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.0% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Dresser in the United States.

## People named Dresser

- Louise Dresser, American actress (1878–1965)
- Ivan Dresser, American long-distance runner
- Paul Dresser, American musician (1858–1906)
- Mark Dresser, American musician
- Brett Halliday, American novelist (1904-1977)

## Similar surnames

Derosier, Drescher, Draeger, Driggers, Drucker, Durocher, Drager.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.