Explore the Family Name Dring

The meaning of Dring

English: from Middle English dreng, dring, threng, thring ‘free tenant’ (especially one holding land partly by military, partly by other service), also ‘man, warrior, retainer, vassal’. The word was borrowed into Old English from Old Norse drengr ‘young man’. The name may also be derived from the early Middle English personal name Dreng, Dring (Old Norse Drengr, with the same meaning as above).

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Dring has seen some shifts between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Dring ranked as the 50,055th most popular surname in the United States, but it fell in rank to 66,164 by 2010, marking a decrease of 32.18%. The total count of individuals with this surname also decreased from 393 in 2000 to 299 in 2010, a drop of 23.92%. Consequently, the proportion of the population with the surname Dring per 100,000 people went down by 33.33%, from 0.15 in 2000 to 0.1 in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#50,055	#66,164	-32.18%
Count	393	299	-23.92%
Proportion per 100k	0.15	0.1	-33.33%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Dring

In terms of ethnicity, the Decennial U.S. Census data for the surname Dring shows that in 2000, approximately 98.47% identified as White. By 2010, this percentage had declined slightly to 95.32%. Notably, while there were no individuals of Asian/Pacific Islander, Hispanic, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native ethnicities recorded with this surname in either year, there was a small increase in those identifying with two or more races, which went from 0 in 2000 to 2.34% in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
White	98.47%	95.32%	-3.2%
Two or More Races	0%	2.34%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Hispanic	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%