How common is the surname Drone?

865 people in the United States had the surname Drone in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 356,931 Americans. It ranked 27,783rd of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Drone getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,004 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 865 in 2010, down 14%.

The surname Drone

A surname, carried by 865 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex D650

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Drone is more common than 82.9% of them.

Origin

* As a German surname, spelling variant of Drohne, a city in Westphalia. * As an English surname, spelling variant of Drane. * As an Irish surname, spelling variant of Drohan; as a Scottish Gaelic surname, spelling variant of Dron in Perthshire.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 865 people named Drone in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 356,931 Americans. That is down 14% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,004.

#27,783

rank among US surnames

865

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

-13.8%

change since 2000 (was #23,568)

Who is named Drone

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

64% of people named Drone identified as white (not Hispanic), 32% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 64%
Black (not Hispanic) 32%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.2%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Drone

Drone has the Soundex code D650, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D650.

Questions

Where does the surname Drone come from?: * As a German surname, spelling variant of Drohne, a city in Westphalia. * As an English surname, spelling variant of Drane. * As an Irish surname, spelling variant of Drohan; as a Scottish Gaelic surname, spelling variant of Dron in Perthshire.
How common is the surname Drone?: 865 people in the United States had the surname Drone in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 356,931 Americans. It ranked 27,783rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Drone?: In the 2010 Census, 64% of people named Drone identified as white (not Hispanic), and 32% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Drone getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,004 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 865 in 2010, down 14%.