Drust Surname
Approximately 828 people bear this surname
Drust Surname Definition:
A common name among the Picts, became in Gaelic Drost (Watson I, p. 318). It is common in CPS. index, and corrupt forms are Drest, Derst, Druxst. The Paris MS. of the Pictish Chronicle has a form Drest, which is more suggestive of British philology (SGS.
Read More About This SurnameDrust Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 416 | 1:871,296 | 66,093 |
| Germany | 205 | 1:392,710 | 36,539 |
| England | 94 | 1:592,745 | 35,632 |
| Australia | 58 | 1:465,443 | 35,949 |
| Poland | 11 | 1:3,455,341 | 126,214 |
| Chile | 10 | 1:1,761,647 | 27,489 |
| Venezuela | 6 | 1:5,034,013 | 43,431 |
| Israel | 5 | 1:1,711,527 | 84,568 |
| Afghanistan | 5 | 1:6,430,637 | 27,710 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 53 | 1:459,913 | 26,089 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 14 | 1:3,587,049 | 158,810 |
The alternate forms: Društ (6) are calculated separately.
Drust Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A common name among the Picts, became in Gaelic Drost (Watson I, p. 318). It is common in CPS. index, and corrupt forms are Drest, Derst, Druxst. The Paris MS. of the Pictish Chronicle has a form Drest, which is more suggestive of British philology (SGS., II, p. 198). Drostan, which see, is a diminutive.
User-submitted Reference
The Drust surname derives from the Polish-Ukrainian surname Drooz. When ancestors came to America, they changed their surname.
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Average Drust Salary in
United States
$38,661 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Drust Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Drust Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Drust (Russian: Друст) occurs most in The United States. It can also appear in the variant forms: Društ. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Drust? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 419,303rd most commonly used last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 8,801,384 people. The surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 53 percent of Drust are found; 51 percent are found in North America and 50 percent are found in Anglo-North America.
The surname is most commonly used in The United States, where it is held by 416 people, or 1 in 871,296. In The United States Drust is most common in: Pennsylvania, where 27 percent reside, California, where 10 percent reside and Michigan, where 10 percent reside. Excluding The United States this last name occurs in 20 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 25 percent reside and England, where 11 percent reside.
Drust Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Drust has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Drust last name rose 2,971 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 177 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Drust Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Drust last name are 11.77% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 58.54% being registered with the political party.
Drust earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 10.4% less than the national average, earning $38,661 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Drust Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Drust in the Russian language | ||
| Друст | drust | - |
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