Böst Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Böst Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
The alternate forms: Bost (12,891) are calculated separately.
Böst Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Böst Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Böst is found most in Germany. It can also appear as: Bost. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Böst? popularity and diffusion
The surname Böst is the 6,723,624th most frequently held last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Böst reside; 88 percent reside in Western Europe and 88 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
Böst is most frequent in Germany, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 11,500,780. In Germany Böst is primarily concentrated in: Lower Saxony, where 71 percent reside and Schleswig-Holstein, where 29 percent reside. Beside Germany this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in Sweden, where 13 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bost | 92 | 12,891 | / |
| Bös | 86 | 2,263 | / |
| Best | 75 | 110,527 | / |
| Bast | 75 | 11,582 | / |
| Vöst | 75 | 347 | / |
| Böss | 75 | 272 | / |
| Böhs | 75 | 75 | / |
| Bösz | 75 | 61 | / |
| Wöst | 75 | 32 | / |
| Bäst | 75 | 2 | / |
| Bést | 75 | 1 | / |
| Bösch | 67 | 8,976 | / |
| Buist | 67 | 4,434 | / |
| Basht | 67 | 1,655 | / |
| Baast | 67 | 1,164 | / |
| Wöste | 67 | 616 | / |
| Beust | 67 | 324 | / |
| Besst | 67 | 187 | / |
| Beest | 67 | 184 | / |
| Bösze | 67 | 138 | / |
| Boest | 67 | 135 | / |
| Basth | 67 | 47 | / |
| Wöhst | 67 | 43 | / |
| Böhse | 67 | 38 | / |
| Besht | 67 | 37 | / |
| Besth | 67 | 24 | / |
| Vöste | 67 | 21 | / |
| Bestt | 67 | 18 | / |
| Bastt | 67 | 10 | / |
| Baest | 67 | 10 | / |
| Basst | 67 | 8 | / |
| Beszt | 67 | 6 | / |
| Bhast | 67 | 5 | / |
| Bosth | 67 | 3 | / |
| Baszt | 67 | 3 | / |
| Bösse | 67 | 3 | / |
| Bosst | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bhest | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bastd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bahst | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bostt | 67 | 0 | / |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Böst
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