Proost is used as a family name or surname in Belgium. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Proost
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Belgium
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Proost

How popular is Proost?

Proost is common in Belgium.

Proost is ranked 114230 on our list.

There are about 111 people in US who wears Proost as surname and ranked 148347 in US Census Bureau. In 2010 census, the last name was found in around 0 per 1 million. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010
White 93.69
Proost is not so popular last name but still a prevalent surname concentrated mainly in Belgium which may be its originating country too. Around 3550 people have been found who wears Proost as their family name. Proost have bearers in many countries around the world. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
14,054 China3
7,292 Vietnam1
12,745 Luxembourg1
30,360 Thailand1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
69,550 England48
100,009 Australia15
91,381 Spain12
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
83,365 Brazil95
49,486 South Africa91
117,149 France73
Countries with hundreds of Proost:
3,543 Netherlands726
131,463 United States160
Countries with thousands of Proost:
468 Belgium2,324

Comments

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Olen Overbay
proost is a variant of prost, regional form (burgundy, frankly count, Lyon) provost provost, who was, in most cases, a magistrate responsible for administering justice in the first instance to commoners.

Proost Namesakes

  • Rikkie Proost, TV Producer

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