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The DRYDEN surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 5,209 6073 0.002 19
United States (1880 census) 1,549 3732 0.003 31
Change since 1880 +3660 -2341 -0.001 -12
Other Countries
Australia 591 2742 0.004 36
United Kingdom 2,342 2579 0.005 51
Top States for DRYDEN by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
California 442 6316 0.001 13
Texas 402 5153 0.002 19
Florida 372 5342 0.002 23
Maryland 298 2047 0.006 56
Ohio 291 4798 0.003 26
Top States for DRYDEN by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Delaware 126 1082 0.016 161
Idaho 77 2368 0.006 60
Maryland 298 2047 0.006 56
Oregon 191 2262 0.006 56
Kansas 133 2425 0.005 49

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called DRYDEN live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called DRYDEN represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called DRYDEN in California than any other state, but you are more likely to find a DRYDEN by picking someone at random in Delaware than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of DRYDEN

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: Location or Geographical Feature

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the DRYDEN surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the DRYDEN surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of DRYDEN in the USA

Classification Total Percent
Black/African American 342 6.57
White (Hispanic) 101 1.94
Mixed Race 77 1.48
Native American/Alaskan 27 0.52
Asian/Pacific 20 0.38
White (Caucasian) 4,642 89.11

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the DRYDEN surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of DRYDEN in historical publications

From the Welsh Drwydwn, broken nose. According to Evans, Jonreth, surnamed Drwydwn, the father of Llywelyn, was the eldest son of Owain Groynedd, but was not suffered to enjoy his right on account of that blemish.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.


Similar names to DRYDEN

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as DRYDEN.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for DRYDEN

The following words are slight variants of DRYDEN that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.