Trost Surname
Approximately 17,446 people bear this surname
Trost Surname Definition:
(German) Descendant of Traostilo (helper).
Trost Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 9,010 | 1:8,935 | 1,107 |
| United States | 5,268 | 1:68,804 | 8,001 |
| Austria | 993 | 1:8,575 | 1,109 |
| Australia | 433 | 1:62,346 | 7,528 |
| Switzerland | 286 | 1:28,716 | 4,384 |
| Brazil | 201 | 1:1,065,046 | 37,395 |
| Canada | 200 | 1:184,228 | 18,260 |
| Slovenia | 195 | 1:12,757 | 3,050 |
| France | 177 | 1:375,270 | 55,761 |
| Italy | 96 | 1:637,049 | 57,270 |
| Belgium | 75 | 1:153,289 | 21,368 |
| Israel | 68 | 1:125,848 | 13,711 |
| Russia | 53 | 1:2,719,303 | 152,706 |
| Netherlands | 52 | 1:324,753 | 37,631 |
| Sweden | 51 | 1:193,074 | 13,358 |
| Argentina | 49 | 1:872,315 | 56,573 |
| Czechia | 43 | 1:247,290 | 33,576 |
| Hungary | 23 | 1:426,795 | 28,704 |
| England | 22 | 1:2,532,639 | 91,802 |
| Croatia | 18 | 1:234,922 | 26,068 |
| Ukraine | 17 | 1:2,677,806 | 165,194 |
| Thailand | 17 | 1:4,155,197 | 336,594 |
| Spain | 12 | 1:3,896,003 | 72,236 |
| Poland | 10 | 1:3,800,875 | 132,137 |
| Denmark | 6 | 1:940,786 | 47,603 |
| Ecuador | 6 | 1:2,650,974 | 26,148 |
| Panama | 6 | 1:652,043 | 10,051 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Moldova | 4 | 1:890,342 | 46,069 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| Ireland | 3 | 1:1,569,646 | 17,286 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Belarus | 3 | 1:3,167,020 | 121,664 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Serbia | 2 | 1:3,572,474 | 32,645 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 2 | 1:2,986,327 | 84,533 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Transnistria | 1 | 1:474,699 | 17,893 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 449 | 1:111,846 | 11,111 |
The alternate forms: Trošt (695) & Tröst (12) are calculated separately.
Trost (44) may also be a first name.
Trost Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(German) Descendant of Traostilo (helper).
From the German, Trost; from the Dutch-Flemish, Troost; a personal name.
Trost Demographics
Average Trost Salary in
United States
$47,784 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Trost Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Trost Come From? nationality or country of origin
Trost (Russian: Трост) is found most frequently in Germany. It can appear as a variant: Trošt or Tröst. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Trost? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 30,598th most widely held last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 417,720 people. Trost is predominantly found in Europe, where 64 percent of Trost are found; 61 percent are found in Western Europe and 59 percent are found in Germanic Europe. It is also the 1,525,482nd most widespread first name at a global level, borne by 44 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Germany, where it is carried by 9,010 people, or 1 in 8,935. In Germany it is most numerous in: Bavaria, where 18 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 17 percent live and Baden-Württemberg, where 17 percent live. Beside Germany it occurs in 56 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 30 percent live and Austria, where 6 percent live.
Trost Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Trost has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 1,173 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 2,200 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Trost Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Trost surname are 14.04% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 60.81% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Trost earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 10.74% more than the national average, earning $47,784 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.08% less than the national average, earning $48,652 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Trost Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Trost in the Russian language | ||
| Трост | trost | - |
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Trost Reference & Research
Trost DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.
Trost FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Trost
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