Frost Surname

4,459th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 126,163 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
England

Frost Surname Definition:

Personal or baptismal, 'the son of Frost,' evidently a popular Scandinavian personal name, answering later on to the fontal names Christmas, Nowell, or Midwinter. Winter (which see) we know was a personal name. To the same class belongs Snow, a great favourite, of Scandinavian parentage.

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Frost Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States56,1441:6,456758
England29,2621:1,904228
Australia10,9301:2,470325
Germany6,6071:12,1851,567
Canada4,9701:7,4141,091
Denmark2,6551:2,126151
Russia2,5751:55,9707,297
South Africa2,4571:22,0502,795
New Zealand2,3751:1,907256
Poland9931:38,2775,983
Sweden9221:10,680942
Wales9041:3,423368
Scotland5361:9,9881,383
Ireland4271:11,0281,404
France2791:238,07436,915
Saudi Arabia2781:110,99214,774
Iran2311:332,39222,681
Japan2211:578,48115,574
Northern Ireland2181:8,4631,411
Israel2121:40,3665,515
Belarus1961:48,4758,271
Thailand1921:367,90864,616
Norway1881:27,3533,743
Brazil1771:1,209,46041,744
Spain1751:267,15416,723
Chile1651:106,7673,965
Kazakhstan1591:111,21111,996
Zimbabwe1441:107,21014,835
Argentina971:440,65433,272
Singapore941:58,5932,307
Netherlands821:205,94128,291
Austria791:107,79015,374
Switzerland701:117,32712,009
Jamaica651:44,1532,715
Estonia581:22,7904,104
Czechia551:193,33628,224
Portugal471:221,6658,706
Uzbekistan441:702,93514,831
Latvia431:47,6757,247
Barbados421:6,844646
Finland391:140,94113,163
Mexico371:3,354,76224,142
Botswana331:66,27111,607
Dominican Republic311:336,54611,471
India311:24,744,045333,161
Qatar311:76,0647,685
Kuwait291:131,05814,967
American Samoa281:1,991404
Jersey271:3,674721
Philippines261:3,893,778155,597
Trinidad and Tobago261:52,4614,513
China251:54,692,8632,965
Italy251:2,446,26894,040
Ukraine251:1,820,908133,658
Luxembourg221:26,3884,799
Isle of Man201:4,291899
Kyrgyzstan201:298,63326,437
Malaysia201:1,474,71161,770
Bermuda191:3,436515
Hong Kong141:523,9633,360
Indonesia131:10,173,015372,576
Azerbaijan121:804,09413,104
Belize111:32,3162,112
Greenland111:5,125525
Moldova91:395,70828,721
Monaco91:4,118434
Transnistria91:52,7447,681
Belgium81:1,437,08092,692
United Arab Emirates81:1,145,28440,289
Vietnam71:13,235,1512,948
Antigua and Barbuda61:16,5281,436
Bahamas61:65,292848
Bulgaria61:1,163,15137,744
Nigeria61:29,523,793355,097
Paraguay61:1,206,12410,500
Turkey61:12,970,237144,247
Abkhazia51:48,5732,868
Afghanistan51:6,430,63727,710
Egypt51:18,387,15162,330
Taiwan51:4,688,94927,695
Bangladesh41:39,839,19317,324
Ecuador41:3,976,46228,589
Fiji41:223,5982,635
Malta41:107,5681,849
Samoa41:48,452659
South Korea41:12,810,0642,073
Tunisia41:152,65617,743
Algeria31:12,877,18484,902
Armenia31:976,72713,552
Cambodia31:5,162,38210,688
Greece31:3,693,263126,191
Panama31:1,304,08613,647
Papua New Guinea31:2,717,906153,458
Tanzania31:17,647,204107,932
Anguilla21:6,718471
Georgia21:1,872,77235,618
Ivory Coast21:11,535,61661,806
Jordan21:4,421,21822,351
Lithuania21:1,517,29435,813
Montenegro21:319,7827,691
Oman21:1,843,9869,590
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
Senegal21:7,289,6718,117
Slovakia21:2,668,225118,680
Sri Lanka21:10,404,28018,448
Zambia21:7,924,96145,994
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Andorra11:83,8382,381
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Burundi11:9,804,8522,349
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Cook Islands11:18,1791,485
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Macau11:601,6301,582
Madagascar11:23,649,8379,420
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Myanmar11:51,937,9852,166
Northern Mariana Islands11:54,5801,498
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Saint Lucia11:178,7813,800
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Seychelles11:92,3931,532
Sierra Leone11:7,089,6311,533
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243
Togo11:7,247,76812,049
Turkmenistan11:5,489,11211,427
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland2811:15,7651,982
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England16,4971:1,478180
Wales1981:7,921495
Scotland1431:26,1762,359
Jersey221:2,358391
Guernsey81:4,082713
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States13,2901:3,779461

The alternate forms: Fröst (69) are calculated separately.

Frost (628) may also be a first name.

Frost Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Personal or baptismal, 'the son of Frost,' evidently a popular Scandinavian personal name, answering later on to the fontal names Christmas, Nowell, or Midwinter. Winter (which see) we know was a personal name. To the same class belongs Snow, a great favourite, of Scandinavian parentage.

Henry Frost, Norfolk, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Robert Frost, Lincolnshire, ibid.

John Frost, Close Rolls, 18 Edward I.

Johannes Froste, 1379: Poll Tax of Howdenshire.

Dionisius Frost 1370: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

A surname recorded in Ranchory-Devenick, 1819. It occers in the English Hundred Rolls, 1273.

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

(Teutonic) a name prob. given to one born at the time of Frost [Teutonic frost] Cp. Snow, Midwinter, Noel, &c.

Robert Frost.—Hundred Rolls

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

“Forest” in Old French (Forst).

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

(English, Welsh) Descendant of Frost (one born at the time of frost); a contraction of Forrest, q.v.; one cold in behavior or temperament.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Frost is the name of a dwarf in the Scandinavian mythology, and our nursery hero, "Jack Frost," as Mr. Ferguson suggests, may be derived from that source. One Alwin Forst was a tenant in co. Hants before Domesd., and his name by a slight and common transposition would become Frost. The H.R. have many Frosts without prefix.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

(Welsh.) Ffrost, a brag.

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

1. From the surname Forest, Forrest. 2. From the German or Swiss name Fürst; from fürst, a prince. One Alwin Forst was a tenant in co. Hants before Domesday, and Frosti is the name of a dwarf in the Scandinavian mythology.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

A location name in Devon Or from the Dutch, personal name.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

The name of Frost has been established in Norfolk ever since the 13th century, when the Frosts resided here in numbers. In the 15th and 16th centuries Frost was a common name amongst the Norfolk clerics (Bl.). The name also occurs now in other parts of England, particularly in Derbyshire and Somerset. In the 13th century it not only characterised Norfolk but also Cambridgeshire and in a less degree Suffolk (H. R.).

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

User-submitted Reference

(French, German) This surname means 'dweller at the forest'. When Forst families came to America and England they changed their name from Forst to Frost.

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(English) A fair haired man, a cold hearted individual.

(Welsh) A brag.

(French, German) Dweller at the forest.

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(Scandinavian, English) The Frost surname means 'cold hearted individual', 'one with a white beard'.

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(Norse) The surname Frost or Ffrost means 'one with fair complexion'.

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(English) This surname means 'unfriendly individual'.

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Frost Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Frost Come From? nationality or country of origin

Frost (Arabic: فروست, Russian: Фрост) occurs most in The United States. It may also appear as a variant: Fröst. Click here for other potential spellings of Frost.

How Common Is The Last Name Frost? popularity and diffusion

Frost is the 4,459th most numerous last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 57,763 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 45 percent of Frost reside; 44 percent reside in North America and 44 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Frost is also the 332,375th most frequently used first name in the world, held by 628 people.

This surname is most frequently used in The United States, where it is carried by 56,144 people, or 1 in 6,456. In The United States Frost is most common in: California, where 10 percent reside, Texas, where 6 percent reside and Florida, where 5 percent reside. Other than The United States this surname occurs in 146 countries. It is also common in England, where 23 percent reside and Australia, where 9 percent reside.

Frost Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Frost has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Frost last name rose 422 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 177 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 457 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 375 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it rose 152 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Frost Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is chiefly Catholic (78%) in Ireland, Orthodox (91%) in Russia, Orthodox (88%) in Belarus and Orthodox (88%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those holding the Frost surname are 14.05% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 60.82% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Frost earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 25.16% more than the national average, earning 433,157 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 55.36% more than the national average, earning R 369,192 per year; in United States they earn 2.04% more than the national average, earning $44,028 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.92% more than the national average, earning $50,141 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fröst9369/
Froste91221/
Frosst91139/
Froust9192/
Frosth9138/
Ffrost9134/
Frosts9111/
Frostå917/
Froost914/
Froist912/
Frostp911/
Frostt911/
Froest911/
Frot891,812/
Fros891,601/
Frostte8310/
Froyset831/
Froshth831/
Froesth830/
Frois804,583/
Fross80891/
Frosh80392/
Frohs80337/
Frast80214/
Frose80205/
Frote8061/
Froot8054/
Frous8050/
Frust8044/
Frest8040/
Frout8033/
Frosz8017/
Froth8016/
Froit8012/
Frots808/
Froys806/
Frods803/
Frott803/
Froës802/
Froht801/
Froís801/
Frhos801/
Froos801/
Frodt800/
Fruot800/
Froiseth7762/
Frostová7751/
Frostova7720/
Frostche770/
Fro75100/
Frosch734,691/
Frotte73343/
Vroust73137/
Froute73133/
Froise7399/
Fraust7398/
Froshh7339/
Fraszt7333/
Frocht7324/
Frohse7318/
Froush7313/
Froosh7312/
Fröste7310/
Froutz739/
Frouth738/
Frohsz736/
Freest734/
Frouse733/
Frosse733/
Frasth733/
Frajst732/
Frohss732/
Frasht732/
Frotch731/
Frastz731/
Fresth731/
Frodte731/
Frosph731/
Frotts731/
Phrost731/
Fraste731/
Froshe731/
Frusts731/
Frågot731/
Fruste731/
Fresht730/
Fhrust730/
Froutt730/
Frusth730/
Fras674,741/
Froz671,833/
Froh671,269/
Froy67643/
Frat67541/
Froa67260/
Frascht67142/
Frou67136/
Froß67111/
Frochte6787/
Froš6767/
Froi6754/
Froj6730/
Froś6727/
Frågodt6725/
Frod6715/
Frás6711/
Frňo6711/
Frauste678/
Frós678/
Froucht677/
Frosova677/
Frosová676/
Froggit673/
Frotova673/
Frox673/
Frho672/
Vfro672/
Frop671/
Frro671/
Frgo671/
Wfro671/
Hfro671/
Frotsch670/
Frousch670/
Fraestt670/
Froythe670/
Froo670/
Frosche670/

Frost Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Frost in the Russian language
Фростfrost-
Frost in the Arabic language
فروستfrwst-

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