Drost Family History
Drost Name Meaning
Dutch: occupational name for a steward or head servant, Middle
Dutch drost, drossaert. Like the German cognate
Droste, the term was also used as a title for various
officials.Danish and Polish: from German Droste.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Drost
Name Distribution of Drost Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Drost families
 20 - 37  7 - 19 |
 1 - 6  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Drost families
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4 - 6 2 - 3 |
1 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
| Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Drost last name |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Drost census records
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Drost Family Origin
Drost Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Drost
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Drost Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Drost census records
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Drost Civil War Service Records
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