Göst Surname
Approximately 35 people bear this surname
Göst Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 19 | 1:4,237,129 | 172,669 |
| Sweden | 16 | 1:615,422 | 45,338 |
The alternate forms: Gost (1,502) & Gosť (21) are calculated separately.
Göst Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Göst Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Göst occurs in Germany more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as: Gost or Gosť. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Göst? popularity and diffusion
Göst is the 3,323,005th most widely held family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 208,215,598 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Göst reside; 54 percent reside in Western Europe and 54 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The last name Göst is most widely held in Germany, where it is borne by 19 people, or 1 in 4,237,129. In Germany it is most numerous in: Hesse, where 95 percent reside and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 5 percent reside. Beside Germany this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Sweden, where 46 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gost | 92 | 1,502 | / |
| Gös | 86 | 43 | / |
| Gosť | 83 | 21 | / |
| Gast | 75 | 17,128 | / |
| Gest | 75 | 3,345 | / |
| Göse | 75 | 58 | / |
| Göss | 75 | 36 | / |
| Göhs | 75 | 24 | / |
| Gäst | 75 | 1 | / |
| Gösh | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ghost | 67 | 2,826 | / |
| Giest | 67 | 292 | / |
| Gőgös | 67 | 233 | / |
| Gösch | 67 | 192 | / |
| Gaszt | 67 | 134 | / |
| Göcht | 67 | 54 | / |
| Ghast | 67 | 51 | / |
| Gaest | 67 | 35 | / |
| Ghest | 67 | 34 | / |
| Gaast | 67 | 28 | / |
| Gösse | 67 | 25 | / |
| Gostt | 67 | 20 | / |
| Gosht | 67 | 19 | / |
| Gasht | 67 | 18 | / |
| Gosth | 67 | 5 | / |
| Gosst | 67 | 4 | / |
| Gehst | 67 | 4 | / |
| Gasst | 67 | 3 | / |
| Goest | 67 | 3 | / |
| Gohst | 67 | 2 | / |
| Göhse | 67 | 2 | / |
| Geszt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gasdt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ghöse | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gesht | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gäste | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gasth | 67 | 0 | / |
| Gesst | 67 | 0 | / |
| Gestt | 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 Göst
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