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    The surname Drinnon

    An Irish surname, carried by 1,026 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex D655

    Drinnon: #24,404 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Drinnon #24,404, 1,026 people Drinnon: #24,404 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Drinnon #24,404, 1,026 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Drinnon is more common than 85% of them.

    Origin

    Irish origin

    Variant of Drennan.

    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 1,026 people named Drinnon in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 300,922 Americans. That is up 5.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 970.

    #24,404
    rank among US surnames
    1,026
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.8%
    change since 2000 (was #24,224)

    Who is named Drinnon

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

    94% of people named Drinnon identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as two or more races and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.3%
    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

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Drinnon

    Drinnon 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 Drinnon come from?
    Variant of Drennan.
    How common is the surname Drinnon?
    1,026 people in the United States had the surname Drinnon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 300,922 Americans. It ranked 24,404th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Drinnon?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Drinnon identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Drinnon getting more or less common?
    More common. 970 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,026 in 2010, up 5.8%.