Driver is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Driver
No. of characters: 6
Origin: England
Meaning: A drover, one who compels or urges any thing else to move

How popular is Driver?

Driver is common in United States.

Driver is ranked 15811 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Driver bearers increased by 2.700186 per cent in 2010 US census to 15442 since 2000, the surname slipped by 142 spots and ranked at 2361. The last name was found in around 52 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 71.73 74.53
Black 21.15 20.22
Others 2.57 1.78
Hispanic or Latino 2.09 1.3
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.81 1.62
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.65 0.56
Driver is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while New Zealand is ahead in terms of density. Around 33198 people have been found who wears Driver as their family name. Driver is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
13,220 Thailand6
10,876 Trinidad and Tobago5
23,739 Nigeria5
16,861 Iran4
720,003 Russia4
381,097 Ukraine4
114,007 Czech Republic4
2,967 Vietnam3
1,985 Cambodia3
35,789 Turkey3
3,224 Afghanistan3
3,949 Botswana3
10,686 Costa Rica3
8,296 Sri Lanka3
8,993 Tunisia3
23,165 Romania3
10,329 Pakistan3
6,270 Hong Kong3
13,552 Qatar2
14,521 Portugal2
3,014 Taiwan2
54,641 Sweden2
1,472 The Bahamas2
54,135 Philippines2
23,344 Austria2
1,118 Isle of Man2
18,625 Japan2
10,284 Kuwait2
12,172 Ghana2
19,093 Finland2
28,232 Morocco2
18,035 Egypt2
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
37,779 Serbia1
50,549 Georgia1
31,584 Peru1
101,414 Kyrgyzstan1
123,175 Tanzania1
7,790 Zambia1
13,447 Uganda1
700 Somalia1
6,149 Ethiopia1
11,486 Estonia1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
49,101 Denmark1
34,581 Chile1
15,705 Cameroon1
16,228 Bulgaria1
799 British Virgin Islands1
10,958 Bangladesh1
6,820 Angola1
28,746 Algeria1
1,818 Guernsey1
20,172 Hungary1
9,498 Iceland1
49,529 Israel1
8,828 Puerto Rico1
58,885 Poland1
11,510 Oman1
47,891 Norway1
2,057 Myanmar1
2,309 Monaco1
6,688 Malawi1
2,935 Madagascar1
16,283 Lithuania1
4,942 Libya1
7,847 Albania1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
41,360 Netherlands49
266,355 Indonesia23
2,558 China17
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
19,607 Greece98
1,285 Fiji97
18,561 Zimbabwe89
33,773 Spain69
5,248 Singapore59
29,438 Belgium52
Countries with hundreds of Driver:
1,225 New Zealand596
19,380 Germany538
1,559 Ireland338
78,141 India315
13,426 Kenya314
3,641 United Arab Emirates275
13,453 Saudi Arabia231
2,871 Scotland230
39,356 Italy213
52,914 Brazil191
53,810 France184
2,197 Wales181
10,151 Malaysia177
23,602 Mexico131
2,043 Mauritius128
Countries with thousands of Driver:
1,481 England5,340
1,462 Australia2,182
3,424 South Africa1,899
4,200 Canada1,078
Countries with ten thousands of Driver:
2,245 United States17,976
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 18 years old Jane Driver who was residing in Ireland migrated to USA on March 5, 1849 by Arrick put out from Liverpool. 35 years old Thomas Driver, 34 years old J. Driver, 22 years old Frs. Driver, My. Driver, aged 65, William Driver, aged 32, Hester Driver, aged 32, Selina Driver, aged 15, Mary-Ann Driver, aged 11, are other Driver that migrated to US.

Driver Namesakes

  • Aarin Driver, Pornographic film actor
  • Adabelle Driver, Actress
  • Adam Driver, Actor
  • Minnie Driver, Actress
  • Aimee Driver, Musical artist
  • Aimee Driver, Musical artist
  • Allenby Driver, Soccer player
  • Minnie Driver, Actress
  • Minnie Driver, Actress
  • Toby Driver, Multi-instrumentalist
  • Tommy Lee Driver, from 2018 horror, sci-fi flick 51 Nevada, who characterized the N.
  • Tom Driver portrayed leading role of G.G. in 0 horror film The Heavy Creeps.
  • In 2013 crime and drama flick, No Smoke, Kim Driver portrayed Jane.

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