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    The surname Dreyer

    A surname, carried by 6,751 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex D660

    Dreyer: #5,175 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Dreyer #5,175, 6,751 people Dreyer: #5,175 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Dreyer #5,175, 6,751 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dreyer is more common than 96.8% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,751 people named Dreyer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 45,733 Americans. That is up 2.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,559.

    #5,175
    rank among US surnames
    6,751
    people in 2010
    2.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.9%
    change since 2000 (was #4,922)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,166Rickman6,77445,578
    #5,167Borrego6,77245,591
    #5,168Born6,77145,598
    #5,169Vaccaro6,76645,632
    #5,170Greenwell6,76545,639
    #5,171Sills6,76145,666
    #5,172Forney6,75545,706

    Who is named Dreyer

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

    95% of people named Dreyer identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Dreyers

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Gerald Dreyer
      Boxer, 1929–1985

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Dreyer

    Dreyer 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 Dreyer?
    6,751 people in the United States had the surname Dreyer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 45,733 Americans. It ranked 5,175th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Dreyer?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Dreyer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Dreyer?
    Gerald Dreyer, boxer.
    Where is the surname Dreyer most common?
    Wikidata records people named Dreyer in South Africa.
    Is the surname Dreyer getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,559 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,751 in 2010, up 2.9%.