# Drummond (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/drummond/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A Scottish habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Scottish Gaelic |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 17,922 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,014 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 17,227 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.2% (17,032 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Drummond in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 66% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 29% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 2.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Drummond in the United States, Brazil, the Kingdom of Great Britain and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

## People named Drummond

- Andre Drummond, American basketball player (born 1993)
- Jon Drummond, American track athlete
- Alice Drummond, American actress (1928–2016)
- Ryan Drummond, American actor, singer, and voiceover artist
- James Drummond, Australian botanist (1787-1863)
- Isabelle Drummond, Brazilian actress
- Thomas Drummond, British engineer (1797-1840)
- Orlando Drummond, Brazilian actor (1919–2021)
- Gordon Drummond, British Army general (1772-1854)
- Roberto Drummond, Brazilian writer
- Tim Drummond, American bassist

## Similar surnames

DeArmond, Dorman, Drennan, Dearman, Drennen, Drennon, Drinnon, Durnin.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.