Jošt Surname
Approximately 996 people bear this surname
Jošt Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slovenia | 614 | 1:4,052 | 739 |
| Czechia | 255 | 1:41,700 | 6,898 |
| Croatia | 58 | 1:72,907 | 12,893 |
| Slovakia | 56 | 1:95,294 | 18,290 |
| Serbia | 9 | 1:793,883 | 26,061 |
| North Macedonia | 3 | 1:700,491 | 23,754 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
The alternate forms: Jost (46,909) are calculated separately.
Jošt (872) may also be a first name.
Jošt Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jošt Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Jošt occurs more in Slovenia more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant: Jost. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Jošt? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 362,813th most frequently held family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 7,316,813 people. The last name Jošt occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Jošt are found; 69 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 69 percent are found in South Slavic Europe. Jošt is also the 275,516th most frequently occurring first name worldwide, borne by 872 people.
The last name is most widely held in Slovenia, where it is carried by 614 people, or 1 in 4,052. In Slovenia Jošt is mostly found in: Savinja, where 52 percent are found, Upper Carniola, where 20 percent are found and Central Slovenia, where 9 percent are found. Besides Slovenia it occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Czechia, where 26 percent are found and Croatia, where 6 percent are found.
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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 Jošt
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