How common is the surname Trost?

3,948 people in the United States had the surname Trost in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 78,203 Americans. It ranked 8,385th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Trost?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Trost identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Trost?

Barry Trost, American chemist, followed by Brandon Trost.

Where is the surname Trost most common?

Wikidata records people named Trost in the United States.

Is the surname Trost getting more or less common?

More common. 3,625 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,948 in 2010, up 8.9%.

The surname Trost

A German surname, carried by 3,948 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex T623

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Trost is more common than 94.8% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Trost.

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 3,948 people named Trost in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 78,203 Americans. That is up 8.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,625.

#8,385

rank among US surnames

3,948

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+8.9%

change since 2000 (was #8,385)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,377	Kalinowski	3,951	78,144
#8,380	Zuber	3,950	78,163
#8,383	Vierra	3,949	78,183
#8,385	Trost	3,948	78,203
#8,386	Salamanca	3,947	78,223
#8,388	Board	3,946	78,243
#8,389	Pohlman	3,945	78,262

Who is named Trost

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

94% of people named Trost identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Trosts

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Barry Trost
American chemist, born 1941
Brandon Trost
American cinematographer, screenwriter, director, producer, and actor, born 1981
Al Trost
American soccer player-coach, born 1949

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Trost

Trost has the Soundex code T623, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T623.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Trost come from?: Borrowed from German Trost.
How common is the surname Trost?: 3,948 people in the United States had the surname Trost in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 78,203 Americans. It ranked 8,385th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Trost?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Trost identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Trost?: Barry Trost, American chemist, followed by Brandon Trost.
Where is the surname Trost most common?: Wikidata records people named Trost in the United States.
Is the surname Trost getting more or less common?: More common. 3,625 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,948 in 2010, up 8.9%.