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The surname Drewes

A surname, carried by 1,507 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex D620

Drewes: #18,378 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Drewes #18,378, 1,507 people Drewes: #18,378 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Drewes #18,378, 1,507 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Drewes is more common than 88.7% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,507 people named Drewes in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 204,874 Americans. That is up 0.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,495.

#18,378
rank among US surnames
1,507
people in 2010
0.5
per 100,000 Americans
+0.8%
change since 2000 (was #17,399)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#18,378Prohaska1,507204,874
#18,385Roder1,506205,010

Who is named Drewes

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

96% of people named Drewes identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 96%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
  • Two or more races 1.4%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Drewes

Drewes has the Soundex code D620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D620.

Questions

How common is the surname Drewes?
1,507 people in the United States had the surname Drewes in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 204,874 Americans. It ranked 18,378th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Drewes?
In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Drewes identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Drewes getting more or less common?
More common. 1,495 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,507 in 2010, up 0.8%.