Drane Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 1
Berkshire 6
Cambridgeshire 8
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 2
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 3
Derbyshire 0
Devon 8
Dorset 1
Durham 8
Essex 149
Gloucestershire 9
Hampshire 11
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 4
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 3
Lancashire 48
Leicestershire 2
Lincolnshire 8
London 116
Middlesex 17
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 110
Northamptonshire 6
Nottinghamshire 1
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 91
Somerset 1
Surrey 8
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 3
Warwickshire 20
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 2
Yorkshire 18

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 2
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Drane Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Drane family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 132
Agricultural Labourer 57
General Servant 13
Domestic Servant 11
Labourer 9
Dress Maker 8
Bricklayer 5
General Servant Domestic 4
Railway Guard 4
Agricultural Labourer Son 4
Farm Labourer 4
Carman 3
Grocer 3
House Keeper 3
Plasterer 3
Carpenter 3
Dressmaker 3
Agricultural Labourer Wife 3
Laundress 3
Tailoress 3
Annuitant 2
Charwoman 2
Joiner House 2
Nurse 2
Blast Furnaceman Iron 2

Most Frequent Forenames for Drane

Name Census Frequency
William Drane 359
Mary Drane 292
James Drane 261
John Drane 246
George Drane 218
Elizabeth Drane 216
Sarah Drane 186
Charles Drane 174
Robert Drane 155
Henry Drane 147
Thomas Drane 139
Eliza Drane 124
Alice Drane 98
Emily Drane 92
Ann Drane 87
Emma Drane 83
Ellen Drane 81
Frederick Drane 79
Joseph Drane 75
Annie Drane 74
Alfred Drane 69
Jane Drane 67
Walter Drane 67
Arthur Drane 65
Edith Drane 58

Drane Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Doran 60% 13,900
2 Drane 100% 5,738
3 Drain 60% 2,899
4 Dearn 40% 1,539
5 Durn 40% 1,010
6 Dorn 40% 662
7 Adrian 50% 634
8 Dran 80% 526
9 Draine 83% 517
10 Dearne 67% 489
11 Darn 40% 400
12 Dren 60% 379
13 Durien 33% 360
14 Dron 60% 334
15 Duran 60% 291
16 Doren 40% 202
17 Dorian 50% 199
18 Durne 60% 170
19 Dernie 50% 166
20 Daran 60% 160
21 Darne 60% 160
22 Dorin 40% 144
23 Doorne 50% 114
24 Drion 40% 110
25 Doron 40% 109
26 Dorne 60% 108
27 Audrain 43% 107
28 Daron 40% 107
29 Diron 40% 101

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The surname Drane is the 2nd most popular variant of Doran.

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