How common is the surname Droste?

1,103 people in the United States had the surname Droste in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 279,914 Americans. It ranked 23,135th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Droste?

In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Droste identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Droste getting more or less common?

More common. 1,045 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,103 in 2010, up 5.6%.

The surname Droste

A German surname, carried by 1,103 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). Droste is more common than 85.7% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Droste and Dutch Droste

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 1,103 people named Droste in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 279,914 Americans. That is up 5.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,045.

#23,135

rank among US surnames

1,103

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+5.6%

change since 2000 (was #22,870)

Who is named Droste

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

97% of people named Droste identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 97%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.3%
Two or more races 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Droste

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

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Droste come from?: Borrowed from German Droste and Dutch Droste
How common is the surname Droste?: 1,103 people in the United States had the surname Droste in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 279,914 Americans. It ranked 23,135th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Droste?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Droste identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Droste getting more or less common?: More common. 1,045 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,103 in 2010, up 5.6%.