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
Jošt is found in Slovenia more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant: Jost. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Jošt? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 362,813th most frequently used surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 7,316,813 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Jošt reside; 69 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 69 percent reside in South Slavic Europe. Jošt is also the 275,516th most common forename worldwide. It is borne by 872 people.
The last name Jošt is most prevalent in Slovenia, where it is held by 614 people, or 1 in 4,052. In Slovenia Jošt is mostly concentrated in: Savinja, where 52 percent reside, Upper Carniola, where 20 percent reside and Central Slovenia, where 9 percent reside. Without taking into account Slovenia this surname exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Czechia, where 26 percent reside and Croatia, where 6 percent reside.
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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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