Prost Surname

33,774th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15,709 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Prost Surname Definition:

(English) Priest [Middle English prost, Old Englishpreóst, priest] An prostes upe londe singeth.—The Owl and the Nightingale (13th cent.), 733.

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Prost Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France10,9921:6,043505
United States1,4131:256,51724,283
Germany9501:84,74310,692
Argentina5891:72,5696,170
Russia3671:392,70638,070
Canada3361:109,65911,761
Italy1191:513,92251,455
Switzerland1161:70,8018,449
Austria1091:78,12311,779
Brazil1011:2,119,54866,584
Estonia881:15,0202,406
Poland721:527,89950,824
Luxembourg621:9,3641,516
Belgium591:194,85825,672
Netherlands451:375,27140,838
Thailand431:1,642,752213,663
Finland371:148,56013,684
England271:2,063,63279,942
Belarus261:365,42538,396
South Africa231:2,355,55298,611
Sweden151:656,45048,545
Ireland141:336,35312,021
Australia141:1,928,26488,951
Kazakhstan131:1,360,19271,840
Uzbekistan91:3,436,57132,268
Malaysia71:4,213,461150,293
Azerbaijan51:1,929,82423,635
Norway51:1,028,45761,363
Spain51:9,350,407109,555
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Mexico41:31,031,55163,627
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
China41:341,830,39216,990
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Monaco31:12,3552,088
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Madagascar11:23,649,8379,420
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland101:442,98715,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England181:1,354,18747,798
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1021:492,34034,768

The alternate forms: Prošt (55) are calculated separately.

Prost (82) may also be a first name.

Prost Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) Priest [Middle English prost, Old Englishpreóst, priest] An prostes upe londe singeth.—The Owl and the Nightingale (13th cent.), 733.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) A variant of Priest, q.v.

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

User-submitted Reference

This surname means 'new meadow', or 'meadow'. Highest concentration in Canada, with people settled mostly in the northern United States.

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Prost Last Name Facts

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

The last name Prost (Russian: Прост) is held by more people in France than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms: Prošt. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Prost? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 33,774th most frequently occurring last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 463,909 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 83 percent of Prost are found; 78 percent are found in Western Europe and 71 percent are found in Gallo-Europe. Prost is also the 1,060,447th most common given name globally, borne by 82 people.

The last name Prost is most commonly used in France, where it is borne by 10,992 people, or 1 in 6,043. In France Prost is primarily concentrated in: Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, where 34 percent live, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 31 percent live and Île-de-France, where 11 percent live. Without taking into account France it occurs in 56 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 9 percent live and Germany, where 6 percent live.

Prost Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Prost has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Prost last name grew 1,385 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 150 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it grew 140 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Prost Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Prost surname is predominantly Anglican (80%) in Ireland and Orthodox (72%) in Russia.

In The United States those bearing the Prost last name are 15.4% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 62.17% being registered with the political party.

The amount Prost earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 100.05% more than the national average, earning €60,074 per year; in Norway they earn 34.33% less than the national average, earning 227,266 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 302.72% more than the national average, earning R 957,024 per year; in United States they earn 3.19% more than the national average, earning $44,525 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.44% more than the national average, earning $52,388 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Prošt9355/
Proust9110,627/
Proost913,515/
Proest91139/
Proszt9134/
Proste9131/
Prostt918/
Prosst918/
Protst914/
Prodst911/
Phrost911/
Prosth911/
Prrost911/
Prot894,442/
Pros891,915/
Prostch838/
Proudst831/
Prouste831/
Prout808,341/
Prest806,169/
Prots804,340/
Pross803,109/
Prust801,838/
Prast801,653/
Prott801,193/
Proot801,132/
Prose801,004/
Proos80796/
Prous80439/
Projs80248/
Proth80247/
Prote80151/
Prosh80131/
Prois80125/
Prohs8048/
Prüst8033/
Präst8026/
Prosz8024/
Proys8011/
Phrot8010/
Phros806/
Pro's805/
Prosp804/
Prozt804/
Proit803/
Prods801/
Prros801/
Hpros801/
Proht801/
Proyt801/
Prrot801/
Projt801/
Pruot800/
Prostova771,283/
Prostová771/
Pro7527,234/
Prouse732,733/
Prosch732,166/
Preest73538/
Protte73506/
Prothe73342/
Praast73246/
Proutt73237/
Praest73223/
Proush73200/
Prahst73163/
Protch73129/
Proute73105/
Prestt7379/
Prestø7370/
Prouts7369/
Proite7367/
Praust7361/
Protts7352/
Presth7348/
Prosse7328/
Protcz7322/
Prooth7320/
Proshe7317/
Proshh7317/
Proiss7314/
Proyss7311/
Praste7311/
Procht7311/
Prehst738/
Pruott737/
Pruust737/
Protse736/
Prasth736/
Proshs736/
Proitt734/
Prozth734/
Pr'out734/
Prustt733/
Proose733/
Praszt733/
Prasts733/
Proits732/
Pruste731/
Preust731/
Prgott731/
Prasht731/
Prusht731/
Prusth731/
Proith731/
Proote731/
Proutz731/
Proise731/
Protsz731/
Prouss731/
Prouth731/
Prouët731/
Projtz731/
Projts731/
Protce731/
Pruist730/
Prastz730/
Proshtova715/
Prat6724,070/
Pras673,988/
Proa673,683/
Prou672,232/
Prop671,627/
Proz671,243/
Proh67952/
Proć67912/
Proß67744/
Prox67727/
Proy67636/
Proo67478/
Prosová67269/
Proj67243/
Prát67161/
Prosova67160/
Prosche6797/
Proi6787/
Protche6753/
Proitte6729/
Protova6722/
Bpro6721/
Prousch6717/
Proč6715/
Prushte6711/
Prgo6711/
Prusthe678/
Prod677/
Phro675/
Proň675/
Prushth673/
Prashth672/
Hpro671/
Prraste671/
Proosch671/
Prousse671/
Ppro671/
Preudst671/
Proshch671/
Proshsh671/
Protová671/
Proś671/
Proź671/
Prrasht671/
Prohies671/
Preesht671/
Pruo671/
Prouttz670/
Prro670/
Proutte670/

Prost Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Prost in the Russian language
Простprost-

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