How common is the surname Drost?

2,778 people in the United States had the surname Drost in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 111,140 Americans. It ranked 11,355th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Drost?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Drost identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Drost getting more or less common?

More common. 2,535 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,778 in 2010, up 9.6%.

The surname Drost

A Dutch surname, carried by 2,778 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex D623

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Drost is more common than 93% of them.

Origin

Dutch origin

Borrowed from German Drost and Dutch Drost.

One of 167 Dutch surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,778 people named Drost in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 111,140 Americans. That is up 9.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,535.

#11,355

rank among US surnames

2,778

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+9.6%

change since 2000 (was #11,399)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,348	Aubuchon	2,780	111,060
#11,354	Carmon	2,779	111,100
#11,355	Summer	2,778	111,140
#11,362	Roussel	2,777	111,180

Who is named Drost

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

96% of people named Drost identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Drost

Drost has the Soundex code D623, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D623.

Other Dutch surnames

All 167 Dutch surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Drost come from?: Borrowed from German Drost and Dutch Drost.
How common is the surname Drost?: 2,778 people in the United States had the surname Drost in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 111,140 Americans. It ranked 11,355th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Drost?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Drost identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Drost getting more or less common?: More common. 2,535 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,778 in 2010, up 9.6%.