How common is the surname Probst?

6,271 people in the United States had the surname Probst in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 49,234 Americans. It ranked 5,540th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Probst?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Probst identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Probst getting more or less common?

More common. 6,045 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,271 in 2010, up 3.7%.

The surname Probst

A German surname, carried by 6,271 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex P612

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Probst is more common than 96.6% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Propst (“provost”).

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 6,271 people named Probst in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 49,234 Americans. That is up 3.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,045.

#5,540

rank among US surnames

6,271

people in 2010

2.1

per 100,000 Americans

+3.7%

change since 2000 (was #5,302)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,531	Hardee	6,283	49,140
#5,533	Boylan	6,280	49,163
#5,534	Linden	6,276	49,195
#5,535	Dee	6,275	49,202
#5,537	Rascon	6,274	49,210
#5,538	Hassell	6,273	49,218
#5,539	Pitcher	6,272	49,226

Who is named Probst

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

94% of people named Probst identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Probst

Probst has the Soundex code P612, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P612.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Probst come from?: Borrowed from German Propst (“provost”).
How common is the surname Probst?: 6,271 people in the United States had the surname Probst in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 49,234 Americans. It ranked 5,540th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Probst?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Probst identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Probst getting more or less common?: More common. 6,045 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,271 in 2010, up 3.7%.