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 surname Jošt occurs more in Slovenia more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as: Jost. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Jošt? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 362,813th most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 7,316,813 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Jošt live; 69 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 69 percent live in South Slavic Europe. Jošt is also the 275,516th most commonly occurring first name worldwide. It is borne by 872 people.
Jošt is most frequently held in Slovenia, where it is held by 614 people, or 1 in 4,052. In Slovenia it is primarily concentrated in: Savinja, where 52 percent are found, Upper Carniola, where 20 percent are found and Central Slovenia, where 9 percent are found. Without taking into account Slovenia this last name 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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