Prost is used as a family name or surname in France. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Prost
No. of characters: 5
Origin: France
Meaning: Contracted form of Provost. See Prevost.

How popular is Prost?

Prost is common in France.

Prost is ranked 31264 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Prosts grew by 11.05121 per cent to 824 since 2000 and ranked 28856 after elevating 1017 spots. The last name was found in around 3 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 94.9 97.3
Hispanic or Latino 3.64 1.62
Others 0.61 0.67
Prost is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in France which signifies that it is originated from France. Around 16048 people have been found who wears Prost as their family name. Prost is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
20,929 Azerbaijan7
812 Monaco5
10,542 China4
1,219,338 India3
14,400 Uzbekistan3
32,086 Mexico3
9,185 Hong Kong2
14,521 Portugal2
18,625 Japan2
41,879 Turkey2
52,939 United Arab Emirates2
20,186 Kenya2
10,190 Bahrain1
123,175 Tanzania1
38,830 Morocco1
49,529 Israel1
90,903 Moldova1
101,414 Kyrgyzstan1
15,162 Costa Rica1
36,814 Romania1
5,872 Namibia1
6,033 Benin1
29,774 Venezuela1
12,270 Lebanon1
16,073 Latvia1
2,935 Madagascar1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
41,360 Netherlands49
26,918 Belarus47
32,811 Sweden29
71,920 Spain22
80,121 Australia20
14,048 Ireland16
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
7,560 Finland97
3,193 Estonia77
60,099 England59
922 Luxembourg59
43,380 Kazakhstan52
Countries with hundreds of Prost:
25,707 Russia626
14,152 Poland430
13,513 Argentina403
3,614 Switzerland324
36,063 Brazil318
12,170 Canada316
39,356 Italy213
14,304 Belgium126
43,161 Ukraine119
43,624 South Africa110
12,545 Austria105
Countries with thousands of Prost:
25,266 United States1,216
8,780 Germany1,110
Countries with ten thousands of Prost:
499 France10,054
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Comments

F
Floyd Gutierres
prost is a fairly common name, regional form (Burgundy, Franche-Comte, Lyonnais) of provost, nickname designating the magistrate responsible for justice.

Prost Namesakes

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  • Alain Prost, Racing driver
  • Fabienne Prost, Actress
  • DJ Prostyle, DJ
  • Kimberly Prost, Judge
  • Alain Prost, Racing driver
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