View the most partisan surnames in The United States

Where Does The Last Name Cost Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The surname Cost occurs most in The United States. It can occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Cost? ^{popularity and diffusion}

Cost is the 133,988^th most commonly held family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 2,167,622 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 66 percent of Cost live; 63 percent live in North America and 63 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 760,591^st most widely held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 147 people.

The surname is most widely held in The United States, where it is held by 2,123 people, or 1 in 170,730. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: Ohio, where 13 percent are found, California, where 10 percent are found and Alabama, where 7 percent are found. Besides The United States this last name is found in 62 countries. It is also found in Spain, where 6 percent are found and Romania, where 6 percent are found.

Cost Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The incidence of Cost has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 524 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 124 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Cost Last Name Statistics ^demography

In The United States those bearing the Cost surname are 0.32% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 52.91% registered with the party.

The amount Cost earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 301.19% more than the national average, earning R 953,376 per year; in United States they earn 4.58% less than the national average, earning $41,171 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.22% less than the national average, earning $46,097 CAD per year.