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    The surname Droge

    A German nickname surname, carried by 472 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex D620

    Droge: #45,347 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Droge #45,347, 472 people Droge: #45,347 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Droge #45,347, 472 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Droge is more common than 72.1% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    Two possible origins: * Borrowed from German Dröge, a nickname of uncertain derivation. * Borrowed from Dutch Droge, a nickname from Middle Dutch drôge (“dry, boring, unfriendly”).

    Droge is a nickname surname: from a description or nickname of an ancestor.

    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 472 people named Droge in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 654,122 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 426.

    #45,347
    rank among US surnames
    472
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +10.8%
    change since 2000 (was #46,944)

    Who is named Droge

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

    94% of people named Droge identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as two or more races and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Two or more races 2.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Droke

    Surnames that sound like Droge

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

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Droge come from?
    Two possible origins: * Borrowed from German Dröge, a nickname of uncertain derivation. * Borrowed from Dutch Droge, a nickname from Middle Dutch drôge (“dry, boring, unfriendly”).
    How common is the surname Droge?
    472 people in the United States had the surname Droge in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 654,122 Americans. It ranked 45,347th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Droge?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Droge identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as two or more races.
    What type of surname is Droge?
    Droge is a nickname surname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor.
    Is the surname Droge getting more or less common?
    More common. 426 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 472 in 2010, up 11%.
    What are other spellings of Droge?
    Droke.