Drone

See also: drone

English

Etymology

• As a German surname, spelling variant of Drohne, a city in Westphalia.
• As an English surname, spelling variant of Drane.
• As an Irish surname, spelling variant of Drohan; as a Scottish Gaelic surname, spelling variant of Dron in Perthshire.

Proper noun

Drone (plural Drones)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Drone is the 27783^rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 865 individuals. Drone is most common among White (64.05%) and Black/African American (31.79%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Drone”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 490.

Anagrams

• Doner, Roden, doner, nerdo, orned, redon, renod, ronde