The Dragon surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,475 people carried this name — #12,520 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 119,000 people counted. That is up 7% from 2,313 in 2000.
In Poland’s population register
1,208 people named Dragon have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 1,624 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 15 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 530 people named Dragon.
22 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 51 départements, most often Seine-Maritime.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 38 people named Dragon live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
27 people named Dragon live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In the Nordic population registers
45 people named Dragon are counted in Finland and Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Dragon in American newspapers,
1809–1923.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 144,125 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Dragon,
with a public archive behind them.
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Sara Dragon 1582–1645 -
Marianne Celeste Dragon 1777–1856 · businessperson -
Carmen Dragon 1914–1984 · actor -
Daryl Dragon 1942–2019 · pianist -
René Dragon 1887–1944 · drafter
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Ervin Dragon 1892– · civil engineer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Dragon.
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