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Where Does The Last Name Drost Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The surname Drost (Russian: Дрост) is carried by more people in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant: Dröst. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Drost? ^{popularity and diffusion}

It is the 36,762^nd most frequently used surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 507,985 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 69 percent of Drost are found; 57 percent are found in Western Europe and 56 percent are found in Germanic Europe. Drost is also the 2,608,198^th most widespread first name internationally It is held by 18 people.

The surname is most numerous in The Netherlands, where it is held by 5,153 people, or 1 in 3,277. In The Netherlands Drost is most prevalent in: Gelderland, where 21 percent live, Utrecht, where 18 percent live and North Holland, where 12 percent live. Aside from The Netherlands it is found in 52 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 23 percent live and Germany, where 19 percent live.

Drost Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The incidence of Drost has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Drost last name expanded 2,421 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 1,000 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Drost Last Name Statistics ^demography

In The United States Drost are 2.64% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 50.59% registered with the political party.

The amount Drost earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 41.59% more than the national average, earning 490,019 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 4.37% more than the national average, earning R 248,016 per year; in United States they earn 7.49% more than the national average, earning $46,379 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.74% more than the national average, earning $53,528 CAD per year.