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 occurs more in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can be found as: Bost. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Böst? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 6,723,624th most commonly occurring family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Böst reside; 88 percent reside in Western Europe and 88 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The last name Böst is most widely held in Germany, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 11,500,780. In Germany Böst is most numerous in: Lower Saxony, where 71 percent live and Schleswig-Holstein, where 29 percent live. Outside of Germany Böst occurs in one country. It is also common in Sweden, where 13 percent live.
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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