How common is the surname Dryden?

5,378 people in the United States had the surname Dryden in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 57,409 Americans. It ranked 6,339th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Dryden?

John Dryden, 17th-century English poet and playwright (1631–1700), followed by Spencer Dryden.

Where is the surname Dryden most common?

Wikidata records people named Dryden in the United States and the Kingdom of England.

How do you pronounce Dryden?

Dryden is /ˈdɹaɪdən/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Dryden getting more or less common?

More common. 5,209 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,378 in 2010, up 3.2%.

The surname Dryden

An English place surname, carried by 5,378 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈdɹaɪdən/ 2 syllables Soundex D635

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dryden is more common than 96.1% of them.

Origin

English origin

From Old English drȳġe (“dry”) + denu (“valley”).

Dryden is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,378 people named Dryden in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 57,409 Americans. That is up 3.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,209.

#6,339

rank among US surnames

5,378

people in 2010

1.8

per 100,000 Americans

+3.2%

change since 2000 (was #6,073)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,330	Kephart	5,390	57,281
#6,331	Sink	5,388	57,302
#6,332	Magallon	5,387	57,313
#6,333	Conant	5,386	57,324
#6,334	Sterner	5,385	57,334
#6,335	Mahmood	5,384	57,345
#6,336	Monday	5,379	57,398

Who is named Dryden

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

87% of people named Dryden identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 87%
Black (not Hispanic) 7.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.4%
Two or more races 1.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Drydens

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

John Dryden
17th-century English poet and playwright (1631–1700)
Spencer Dryden
American drummer (1938–2005)
Hugh Latimer Dryden
American aeronautical scientist and civil servant (1898–1965)
John F. Dryden
American businessman and philanthropist (1839-1911)
Konrad Dryden
American music writer, born 1963

Notable Drydens come mostly from the United States (4) and the Kingdom of England (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Dryden

Dryden has the Soundex code D635, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D635.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Dryden come from?: From Old English drȳġe (“dry”) + denu (“valley”).
How common is the surname Dryden?: 5,378 people in the United States had the surname Dryden in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 57,409 Americans. It ranked 6,339th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dryden?: In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Dryden identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Dryden?: John Dryden, 17th-century English poet and playwright (1631–1700), followed by Spencer Dryden.
Where is the surname Dryden most common?: Wikidata records people named Dryden in the United States and the Kingdom of England.
How do you pronounce Dryden?: Dryden is /ˈdɹaɪdən/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Dryden?: Dryden is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Dryden getting more or less common?: More common. 5,209 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,378 in 2010, up 3.2%.