Drum 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 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 1
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 1
Hampshire 7
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 5
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 13
Leicestershire 1
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 1
Nottinghamshire 7
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 5
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 1
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 3
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 7

Wales

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

Drum Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Drum family

Profession Census Frequency
Female Servant 4
Agricultural Labourer 4
Independent 2
Labourer 2
Saddler 1
Soldier 66 Reg 1
Tailor 1
Chemist 1
Joiner 1
Stone Broker 1
Clergyman 1
Shoe Maker 1
Miner 1
Auctioneer 1
Carver & Gilder 1
Cotton Spinner 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Drum

Name Census Frequency
Mary Drum 49
John Drum 40
William Drum 32
James Drum 28
Margaret Drum 19
Thomas Drum 18
George Drum 17
Ann Drum 14
Ellen Drum 13
Jane Drum 13
Elizabeth Drum 12
Sarah Drum 11
Francis Drum 8
Annie Drum 7
Bridget Drum 7
Edward Drum 7
Eliza Drum 7
Emily Drum 7
Hannah Drum 7
Catherine Drum 6
Charles Drum 6
Joseph Drum 5
David Drum 4
Richard Drum 4
Robert Drum 4

Drum Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Drum 100% 497
2 Derome 50% 330
3 Durm 50% 247
4 Doram 60% 219
5 Dram 75% 182
6 Drumm 80% 114

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The surname Drum is the most popular version of all its varients

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