Drum is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, Scotland. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Drum
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Ireland, Scotland
Meaning:

Drum is variant of the Drummey. Grandson of Druim meaning "black"; descendant of the black person.

How popular is Drum?

Drum is common in United States, Brazil, Australia, Germany, Ireland, England, Russia.

Drum is ranked 59531 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Drums plummeted by 3.31 per cent to 4468 since 2000 and slipped by 730 spots and ranked at 7459. The last name was found in around 2 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 91.61 90.76
Hispanic or Latino 2.73 1.43
Black 1.88 4.05
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.77 1.64
Others 1.34 1.47
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.67 0.65
Drum is quite popular family name mostly used in United States however Jersey is ahead in terms of density. Around 8477 people have been found who wears Drum as their family name. Drum is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Drum:
7,237 United States5,866
Countries with hundreds of Drum:
9,031 Brazil916
6,085 Australia553
27,190 Germany321
2,731 Ireland149
31,416 England114
98,464 Russia102
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
9,583 New Zealand73
6,275 Scotland61
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
124,513 Ukraine33
88,140 Canada30
182,981 France28
186,571 Nigeria20
78,087 Uganda14
372,576 Indonesia13
40,270 Mexico12
61,025 Austria12
6,192 Cambodia11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
7,581 Jamaica10
46,877 Hungary10
476,604 Thailand8
26,217 Estonia8
2,872 Jersey7
150,293 Malaysia7
83,128 Belarus7
12,899 Northern Ireland6
51,993 United Arab Emirates6
156,558 Poland6
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Immigrants to US

From Germany

Carl Drum was 6 months old when he migrated to USA on March 31, 1852. He lived in Baden and took Splendid from Havre. Catharine Drum (32), Jacob Drum, 38 years old Michel Drum, Seamstress Caroline Drum, Weaver Jacques Drum, Adam Drum (18) Farmer, 27 years old Carl Drum, Jacob Drum (17) Farmer, and 9 other Drum around 50% of whom were farmer migrated to US from Havre, Bremen, Bremerhaven & Southampton and Bremen & Southampton.

Drum Namesakes

  • George W. Drum, early leader in automobile club circles
  • Hugh Aloysius Drum, career United States Army officer
  • Damian Drum, Australian politician
  • Kevin Drum, American political blogger and columnist
  • China Drum, beginning in 1999
  • Marcus Drum, Australian rules footballer
  • Chris Drum, former New Zealand cricketer
  • Augustus Drum, Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives

Drum Namesakes

  • George W. Drum, early leader in automobile club circles
  • Hugh Aloysius Drum, career United States Army officer
  • Damian Drum, Australian politician
  • Kevin Drum, American political blogger and columnist
  • China Drum, beginning in 1999
  • Marcus Drum, Australian rules footballer
  • Chris Drum, former New Zealand cricketer
  • Augustus Drum, Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives

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