# Durst (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/durst/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 5,995 |
| US rank (2010) | 5,780 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 51,501 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.8% (5,832 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /dɜː(ɹ)st/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From the German surname, from Durst (“dryness, thirst”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Durst in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 91% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 4.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.1% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Durst in the United States.

## People named Durst

- Fred Durst, American singer, rapper, actor and director (born 1970)
- Robert Durst, American real-estate heir and convicted murderer (1943–2022)

## Similar surnames

Drost, Darst, Droste, Dewhurst, Dorsett, Drysdale, Drozd, Derossett, Derstine.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.