How common is the last name Drake?

59,055 people in the United States have the last name Drake, about 1 in 5,061. It ranks #560 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

DRAKE

#560

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
59,055
About
1 in 5,061
This common or more
33.2%
Who bears it

Of the 59,055 people with the last name Drake, 76.7% reported their origin as White, 14.2% as Black and 4.4% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Drake

#558 Pratt · 59,174#559 Stokes · 59,097#561 Owen · 58,962#562 Arias · 58,926

Spelled almost the same

4 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Drake, most common first.

#42,858 Droke · 544#51,181 Drage · 440#61,433 Drace · 353#107,024 Dreke · 177

Also a first name

As a first name, Drake ranks #1,219 of 53,615, with 31,584 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2010, with 1,885 births. See Drake as a first name

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