Drone
Appearance
See also: drone
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]- 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
[edit]Drone (plural Drones)
- A surname.
Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Drone is the 27783rd 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
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Drone”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 490.