Probst Surname

12,261st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 45,828 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Probst Surname Definition:

(German) A provost, superintendent, or official head of an institution.

Probst Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany24,6851:3,261348
United States8,7641:41,3585,078
Switzerland4,7821:1,717153
Austria2,4591:3,463343
Brazil1,5711:136,2665,199
France1,3991:47,4796,125
Australia2081:129,78714,130
Denmark1991:28,3652,938
Canada1841:200,24819,574
Russia1761:818,88166,808
Belgium1751:65,69510,538
Kazakhstan1441:122,79512,930
Luxembourg1191:4,879696
Argentina1161:368,47828,618
Netherlands1021:165,56124,214
Poland981:387,84442,215
England951:586,50635,379
Czechia441:241,67033,051
Venezuela391:774,46412,743
South Africa381:1,425,72975,291
Hungary371:265,30520,779
Ukraine341:1,338,903111,766
Singapore301:183,5907,666
Thailand301:2,354,612261,046
Mexico251:4,965,04829,049
Panama241:163,0115,136
Paraguay231:314,6414,957
New Zealand231:196,88420,367
Ecuador221:722,99312,618
Sweden171:579,22142,433
Croatia151:281,90728,677
Slovakia131:410,49652,415
Norway121:428,52437,411
Israel101:855,76354,181
Scotland101:535,38220,332
Serbia91:793,88326,061
Chile81:2,202,05930,910
Philippines71:14,462,603238,248
Greece71:1,582,82788,377
Finland51:1,099,34045,512
Turkey51:15,564,284149,633
Spain51:9,350,407109,555
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Uruguay41:857,94031,713
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
China41:341,830,39216,990
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Italy41:15,289,172132,955
Costa Rica41:1,195,0176,919
Wales31:1,031,51134,732
Bulgaria31:2,326,30254,089
Transnistria31:158,23313,093
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Kosovo11:1,861,86914,990
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Turkmenistan11:5,489,11211,427
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England181:1,354,18747,798
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,1161:44,9995,202

The alternate forms: Pröbst (38) are calculated separately.

Probst (18) may also be a first name.

Probst Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(German) A provost, superintendent, or official head of an institution.

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

Probst Last Name Facts

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

The last name Probst (Russian: Пробст) is more frequently found in Germany than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Pröbst. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Probst? popularity and diffusion

The surname Probst is the 12,261st most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 159,020 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 75 percent of Probst reside; 73 percent reside in Western Europe and 69 percent reside in Germanic Europe. Probst is also the 2,608,198th most common first name worldwide, borne by 18 people.

The surname is most widespread in Germany, where it is borne by 24,685 people, or 1 in 3,261. In Germany Probst is mostly found in: Bavaria, where 33 percent are found, Baden-Württemberg, where 17 percent are found and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 11 percent are found. Outside of Germany it is found in 70 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 19 percent are found and Switzerland, where 10 percent are found.

Probst Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Probst has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Probst last name increased 785 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 528 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it increased 200 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Probst Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Probst surname is principally Anglican (100%) in Ireland, Orthodox (67%) in Russia and Catholic (50%) in Kazakhstan.

In The United States those bearing the Probst last name are 20.62% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 67.39% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Probst earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 3.8% less than the national average, earning 332,922 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 88.34% more than the national average, earning R 447,576 per year; in Colombia they earn 16.45% less than the national average, earning $18,968,100 COP per year; in United States they earn 6.34% more than the national average, earning $45,883 USD per year and in Canada they earn 20.64% more than the national average, earning $59,936 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pröbst9438/
Probszt92106/
Proebst929/
Prosbst922/
Probste921/
Probpst920/
Probsth920/
Probsts920/
Probs9117/
Propst837,330/
Provst83160/
Prabst8341/
Präbst8310/
Probzt832/
Prosbs832/
Profst832/
Prowst831/
Probsp831/
Prubst830/
Prebst830/
Probsh830/
Probstová8041/
Probstova805/
Propszt77132/
Propsht779/
Prospst773/
Proopst771/
Provste771/
Propste770/
Probsztová751/
Props73114/
Provs731/
Probsová713/
Propps67724/
Proops67163/
Pravst6769/
Präpst6712/
Prupst676/
Propsh673/
Propstová672/
Propsz671/
Prapst671/
Propsd671/
Propse671/
Proubx670/
Proups670/

Probst Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Probst in the Russian language
Пробстprobst-

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Probst Reference & Research

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Footnotes

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