Prost Surname
Approximately 15,709 people bear this surname
Prost Surname Definition:
(English) Priest [Middle English prost, Old Englishpreóst, priest] An prostes upe londe singeth.—The Owl and the Nightingale (13th cent.), 733.
Read More About This SurnameProst Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 10,992 | 1:6,043 | 505 |
| United States | 1,413 | 1:256,517 | 24,283 |
| Germany | 950 | 1:84,743 | 10,692 |
| Argentina | 589 | 1:72,569 | 6,170 |
| Russia | 367 | 1:392,706 | 38,070 |
| Canada | 336 | 1:109,659 | 11,761 |
| Italy | 119 | 1:513,922 | 51,455 |
| Switzerland | 116 | 1:70,801 | 8,449 |
| Austria | 109 | 1:78,123 | 11,779 |
| Brazil | 101 | 1:2,119,548 | 66,584 |
| Estonia | 88 | 1:15,020 | 2,406 |
| Poland | 72 | 1:527,899 | 50,824 |
| Luxembourg | 62 | 1:9,364 | 1,516 |
| Belgium | 59 | 1:194,858 | 25,672 |
| Netherlands | 45 | 1:375,271 | 40,838 |
| Thailand | 43 | 1:1,642,752 | 213,663 |
| Finland | 37 | 1:148,560 | 13,684 |
| England | 27 | 1:2,063,632 | 79,942 |
| Belarus | 26 | 1:365,425 | 38,396 |
| South Africa | 23 | 1:2,355,552 | 98,611 |
| Sweden | 15 | 1:656,450 | 48,545 |
| Ireland | 14 | 1:336,353 | 12,021 |
| Australia | 14 | 1:1,928,264 | 88,951 |
| Kazakhstan | 13 | 1:1,360,192 | 71,840 |
| Uzbekistan | 9 | 1:3,436,571 | 32,268 |
| Malaysia | 7 | 1:4,213,461 | 150,293 |
| Azerbaijan | 5 | 1:1,929,824 | 23,635 |
| Norway | 5 | 1:1,028,457 | 61,363 |
| Spain | 5 | 1:9,350,407 | 109,555 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Mexico | 4 | 1:31,031,551 | 63,627 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Monaco | 3 | 1:12,355 | 2,088 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 10 | 1:442,987 | 15,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 18 | 1:1,354,187 | 47,798 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 102 | 1:492,340 | 34,768 |
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.
(English) A variant of Priest, q.v.
User-submitted Reference
This surname means 'new meadow', or 'meadow'. Highest concentration in Canada, with people settled mostly in the northern United States.
- lgregoryProst Demographics
Average Male Prost Height
173.71 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
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
Prost Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Prost in the Russian language | ||
| Прост | prost | - |
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