Drach

surname · Latin script

Meaning, in Polish: synonym of latawiec (“kite”) (flying toy on string)

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/ˈdɹætʃ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Drach is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Ukraine than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • UAUkraine≈1 in 11Kas Драч(inferred from the name graph)
  • RURussia≈1 in 114Kas Драч
  • PLPoland1 in 83K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Drach itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Ukraine (inferred from the name graph)

≈3,800 named Драч, est.

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
115 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 83K (inferred from the name graph)

Poland

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

DrachLatin(measured from records)
ДрачCyrillic(measured from records)

Locally spelled Драч in UA Ukraine, RU Russia, KZ Kazakhstan and 1 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Shield or sign in the Judengasse of Frankfort on Main.

Sources 1

  • The Origin of Jewish Family Names: Morphology and History

Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.

How Drach is read(measured from records)

Drach is one spelling over 5 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.

  • English39%

    No dictionary in our sources glosses Drach in English.

  • Ukrainian36%

    No dictionary in our sources glosses Drach in Ukrainian.

  • Polish9.9%

    synonym of latawiec (“kite”) (flying toy on string)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • German7.2%

    from Drache ‘dragon’; often a house-name

    as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung

    house name from German Drach(e) ‘dragon’

    as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung

  • French6.3%

    No dictionary in our sources glosses Drach in French.

The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Drach counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Drach is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
UA Ukraine≈3,800 est.≈1 in 11K—Драч38
RU Russia≈1,200 est.≈1 in 114K—Драч115
PL Poland4621 in 83K236Drach17
US United States3941 in 844K565Drach10
FR France≈200 est.≈1 in 347K29—1
KZ Kazakhstan≈74 est.≈1 in 260K—Драч22
BY Belarus≈62 est.≈1 in 152K—Драч9

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Drach is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Israel, Australia

    Languages: English, Hebrew, Dutch

    Also written דראך

  • French surname31 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Croatia, Bulgaria, United States

    Languages: French, Croatian, Bulgarian

    Also written Drac, Drač, Drak, Драч, Drać

34 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Drach is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • Shield or sign in the Judengasse of Frankfort on Main.

    as a nameThe Origin of Jewish Family Names: Morphology and History

  • In szl, dragon (legendary serpentine or reptilian creature)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In pdc, dragon

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1850190019502000Jules Drach, b. 1871Erich Drach, b. 1885Albert Drach, b. 1902Leonhard Drach, b. 1903Michel Drach, b. 1930Vanja Drach, b. 1932Ivan Drach, b. 1936Oleh Drach, b. 1959Ami Drach, b. 1963Eduard Drach, b. 1965

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Drach,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 24 sources across 13 countries.

Official registers attesting Drach
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020565#41,517
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000542#38,395
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010394#52,619
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)2026236—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—236#13,808
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)2026226—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—226#14,621
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)196147—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)195138—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)194130—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)192130—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)199129—

Reference works 4

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

Where does the name Drach come from?
Shield or sign in the Judengasse of Frankfort on Main. Recorded by The Origin of Jewish Family Names: Morphology and History.
How do you pronounce Drach?
A machine transcription gives /ˈdɹætʃ/ (IPA) for English.
What does the name Drach mean?
In Polish, synonym of latawiec (“kite”) (flying toy on string)
In which country does Drach have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 3.8 thousand people named Драч in Ukraine, more than in any other country we hold.
Where is Drach most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Drach is densest in Poland — about 1 in 83 thousand people — even though Ukraine holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Drach?
In Poland, the national register counted 462 people named Drach in 2026, about 1 in 83 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Drach”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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