Explore the Family Name Drachenberg

The meaning of Drachenberg

German: habitational name, probably adapted from Dutch Drakenburg or from Drakenburg in Lower Saxony. Some characteristic forenames: German Otto, Gunter, Sieg.

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How common is the last name Drachenberg in the United States?

According to the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Drachenberg saw a decrease between the years 2000 and 2010. The rank of the surname slipped from 64,385 in 2000 to 71,265 in 2010, representing a drop of 10.69 percent. Similarly, the count of individuals with this surname also fell by 5.19 percent, from 289 in 2000 to 274 in 2010. This led to a decrease in the proportion of individuals with the Drachenberg surname per 100k people by 18.18 percent.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#64,385	#71,265	-10.69%
Count	289	274	-5.19%
Proportion per 100k	0.11	0.09	-18.18%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Drachenberg

The Decennial U.S. Census data provides insights into the change in the ethnic identity associated with the Drachenberg surname from 2000 to 2010. People identifying as White who carried this surname decreased from 91 percent in 2000 to 85.77 percent in 2010, a change of -5.75 percent. On the other hand, the percentage of those associating themselves with Hispanic ethnicity rose sharply by 105.48 percent, from 6.57 percent in 2000 to 13.5 percent in 2010. No changes were observed in the other ethnic identities such as Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, American Indian and Alaskan Native, or Two or more races, either due to data suppression or because there were no individuals from these groups carrying the Drachenberg surname during this period.

	2000	2010	Change
White	91%	85.77%	-5.75%
Hispanic	6.57%	13.5%	105.48%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%