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

The surname Gost (Hindi: गोस्ट, Russian: Гость) has its highest incidence in Spain. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Göst or Gosť. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

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

This last name is the 261,328^th most frequently occurring family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 4,851,895 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 73 percent of Gost are found; 37 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 36 percent are found in Iberian Europe. It is also the 673,127^th most commonly held first name on earth. It is borne by 183 people.

This surname is most widespread in Spain, where it is carried by 548 people, or 1 in 85,314. In Spain Gost is mostly concentrated in: Balearic Islands, where 70 percent reside, Catalonia, where 23 percent reside and Valencian Community, where 2 percent reside. Other than Spain Gost occurs in 42 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 25 percent reside and The United States, where 9 percent reside.

Gost Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The prevalency of Gost has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 173 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 130 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Gost Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Gost last name is primarily Orthodox (88%) in Russia and Orthodox (100%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those holding the Gost surname are 9.75% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 56.52% registered to vote for the political party.

Gost earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 1.73% more than the national average, earning $43,894 USD per year.