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Throughout the world, Propst (Prost , Probst , Provost ) is a rare principally male, but very infrequently feminine first name. The first name Propst is habitual in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is a rare male name, Austria, and France, where it is a very rare unisex name. Measured by absolute frequency, it is commonest in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, France, and Pakistan. Much more prevalently, Propst is the last name as well as the forename.
Propst is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Provost marshal , the operatic character in the opera Cardillac by Paul Hindemith.