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 borne by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms: Bost. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Böst? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 6,723,624th most numerous surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Böst live; 88 percent live in Western Europe and 88 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The last name is most common in Germany, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 11,500,780. In Germany it is most numerous in: Lower Saxony, where 71 percent are found and Schleswig-Holstein, where 29 percent are found. Not including Germany Böst is found in one country. It also occurs in Sweden, where 13 percent are found.
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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