177.5 ^cm

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

The surname Drost (Russian: Дрост) occurs most in The Netherlands. It may appear as a variant: Dröst. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

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

The last name is the 36,762^nd most commonly held family name globally, borne by around 1 in 507,985 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 69 percent of Drost live; 57 percent live in Western Europe and 56 percent live in Germanic Europe. Drost is also the 2,608,198^th most commonly used given name in the world, borne by 18 people.

The last name Drost is most frequent in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 5,153 people, or 1 in 3,277. In The Netherlands it is primarily concentrated in: Gelderland, where 21 percent reside, Utrecht, where 18 percent reside and North Holland, where 12 percent reside. Excluding The Netherlands Drost exists in 52 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 23 percent reside and Germany, where 19 percent reside.

Drost Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

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

Drost Last Name Statistics ^demography

In The United States those holding the Drost surname are 2.64% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 50.59% being registered with the 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.