The DRIVER surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
	Total	Rank	Frequency %	Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot)	15,036	2219	0.006	56
United States (1880 census)	3,339	1838	0.007	67
Change since 1880	+11697	-381	-0.001	-11
Other Countries
Australia	1,137	1445	0.007	70
United Kingdom	5,962	1053	0.013	130

Top States for DRIVER by Total
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
Texas	1,328	1929	0.006	64
Tennessee	1,204	781	0.021	212
North Carolina	1,071	1207	0.013	133
Georgia	1,048	1086	0.013	128
Alabama	965	821	0.022	217
Top States for DRIVER by Frequency
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
Alabama	965	821	0.022	217
Tennessee	1,204	781	0.021	212
North Carolina	1,071	1207	0.013	133
Georgia	1,048	1086	0.013	128
Arkansas	294	1287	0.011	110

Notes

Total is the total number of people with that surname.
Rank is the position in the list of names ordered by total (eg, a rank of 1 means that it's the most common name, and a rank of 10 means it's the tenth most common, etc).
Frequency is the percentage of people with that surname.
Per million people is the number of people with that surname per million of the population.

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

Classification and Origin of DRIVER

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: Occupational Name

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the DRIVER 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 DRIVER 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 DRIVER in the USA

Classification	Total	Percent
Mixed Race	268	1.78
Native American/Alaskan	244	1.62
White (Hispanic)	195	1.3
Asian/Pacific	84	0.56
White (Caucasian)	11,206	74.53
Black/African American	3,040	20.22

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

Similar names to DRIVER

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as DRIVER.

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.