How common is the surname Brost?

1,533 people in the United States had the surname Brost in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 201,400 Americans. It ranked 18,156th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Brost?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Brost identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Brost?

Ray Henderson, American songwriter (1896–1970).

Where is the surname Brost most common?

Wikidata records people named Brost in the United States.

Is the surname Brost getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,582 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,533 in 2010, down 3.1%.

The surname Brost

A German occupational surname, carried by 1,533 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex B623

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Brost is more common than 88.8% of them.

Origin

German origin

German occupational surname from Middle High German brobest (“supervisor”); see Probst.

Brost is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,533 people named Brost in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 201,400 Americans. That is down 3.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,582.

#18,156

rank among US surnames

1,533

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

-3.1%

change since 2000 (was #16,665)

Who is named Brost

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

96% of people named Brost identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
Two or more races 1.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Brosts

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Ray Henderson
American songwriter (1896–1970)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Brost

Brost has the Soundex code B623, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B623.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Brost come from?: German occupational surname from Middle High German brobest (“supervisor”); see Probst.
How common is the surname Brost?: 1,533 people in the United States had the surname Brost in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 201,400 Americans. It ranked 18,156th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Brost?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Brost identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Brost?: Ray Henderson, American songwriter (1896–1970).
Where is the surname Brost most common?: Wikidata records people named Brost in the United States.
What type of surname is Brost?: Brost is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Brost getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,582 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,533 in 2010, down 3.1%.