Drost is a Dutch occupational surname. A drost or drossaard was a kind of bailiff in the Low countries (see landdrost and seneschal). Notable people with the surname include:

Epi Drost (1945–1995), Dutch footballer

Erik Drost (born 1977), Dutch guitarist

Frank Drost (born 1963), Dutch swimmer

Henrico Drost (born 1987), Dutch footballer

Jeff Drost (born 1964), American football player

Jeroen Drost (born 1987), Dutch footballer

Jesper Drost (born 1993), Dutch footballer

Johannes Drost (1880–1954), Dutch swimmer

Monique Drost (born 1964), Dutch swimmer

Nico Drost (born 1980), Dutch politician

Peter Drost (born 1958), Dutch swimmer

Robert Drost (born 1970), American computer scientist

Rudolf Drost (1892–1971), German ornithologist

Willem Drost (1633–1659), Dutch painter

See also

Droste, Dutch chocolate manufacturer

Dutch-language surnames

Occupational surnames

Drost