Dreyer surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Dreyer surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 6,559 people carried this name — #4,922 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 41,200 people counted.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 962 people named Dreyer.

47 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 51 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 47
Haut-Rhin 355
Bas-Rhin 157
Moselle 116
Paris 43
Marne 40
Territoire de Belfort 21
Vosges 20
Rhône 19

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

493 people named Dreyer live in Switzerland.

They live in 19 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Bern 102
Zurich 61
Neuchâtel 60
Vaud 45
Aargau 44
Fribourg 35
Basel-Landschaft 28
St. Gallen 20

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In Poland’s population register

36 people named Dreyer have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 89 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 10 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Kuyavian-Pomeranian.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Kuyavian-Pomeranian 12
Pomeranian 7
Lublin 3
Greater Poland 2
Warmian-Masurian 2
Silesian 2
Lower Silesian 2
Masovian 2

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

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