Prost Family History
Prost Name Meaning
Dutch: from Middle Dutch proo(f)st ‘provost’, an
occupational name for the head of a religious chapter or educational
establishment, or, since such officials were usually clergy and
celibate, a nickname for a self-important person.German:
reduced form of Probst.German (of Slavic origin) and
Jewish (from Poland): nickname from Polish prosty ‘simple’,
‘common’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Prost
Name Distribution of Prost Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Prost families
 14 - 26  5 - 13 |
 1 - 4  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Prost families
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7 - 12 3 - 6 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Prost families
|
3 - 2 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Prost census records
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Prost Family Origin
Prost Immigration Information
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You can find out when most of the Prost families immigrated
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Prost
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An unusually short lifespan might indicate that your ancestors lived in harsh conditions.
A short lifespan might also indicate health problems that were once prevalent in
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Prost Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Prost census records
Census records can offer a lot of little known facts about your Prost ancestors, such as occupation.
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Prost Civil War Service Records
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