Dresden is used as a family name or surname in Germany. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Dresden
No. of characters: 7
Origin: Germany
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Dresden

How popular is Dresden?

Dresden is common in Germany.

Dresden is ranked 207334 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Dresdens plummeted by 2.729528 per cent to 392 since 2000 and slipped by 3794 spots and ranked at 52851. The last name was found in around 1 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 89.29 91.56
Hispanic or Latino 4.59 4.22
Others 3.32 2.73
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 1.28 0
Dresden is not so popular last name but still a prevalent surname concentrated mainly in Germany which may be its originating country too. Around 1642 people have been found who wears Dresden as their family name. Dresden is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
212,166 Canada9
179,761 Australia6
15,956 Venezuela3
219,873 France2
17,547 Colombia2
34,581 Chile1
151,601 Spain1
169,904 Brazil1
123,175 Tanzania1
31,584 Peru1
62,864 New Zealand1
7,941 Guatemala1
7,895 South Korea1
15,162 Costa Rica1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
69,550 England48
43,851 Netherlands44
Countries with hundreds of Dresden:
58,029 United States443
Countries with thousands of Dresden:
9,081 Germany1,076

Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Clements Dresden worked as house wife and hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 26 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on Sheridan and arrived on January 9, 1850.

Dresden Namesakes

  • Sem Dresden, Composer
  • Dave Dresden, Music Producer
  • Curley Dresden, Actor
  • Curley Dresden, Actor
  • Dave Dresden, Music Producer
  • Sem Dresden, Composer
  • S. Dresden, Author
  • Anna Dresden-Polak, Olympic athlete
  • Curley Dresden, Actor
  • Thomas Dresden, Author
  • In 1997 thriller flick, Get Off My Lawn, Russell Dresden characterized N.

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