Droste

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Droste and Dutch Droste

Proper noun

Droste (plural Drostes)

1. A surname from the Germanic languages
   1. A surname from German.
   2. A surname from Dutch.

Derived terms

• Droste effect

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Droste is the 23135^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1103 individuals. Droste is most common among White (97.19%) individuals.

See also

• Drost

Anagrams

• Dorset, Doster, Strode, doters, rodest, sorted, stored, strode, torsed

Dutch

Etymology

Perhaps borrowed from German Droste, or simply a variant of Drost.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdrɔs.tə/

Proper noun

Droste

1. Droste: a surname
   1. a surname from German
   2. a surname originating as an occupation, variant of Drost

Derived terms

• Droste-effect

Descendants

• → English: Droste

See also

• Drost

German

Alternative forms

• Drost

Etymology

From Middle Low German droste

Proper noun

Droste

1. Droste: a surname originating as an occupation

Descendants

• → English: Droste
• → Dutch: Droste