Khost Surname
Approximately 831 people bear this surname
Khost Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 689 | 1:111,441 | 10,631 |
| Jordan | 60 | 1:147,374 | 8,371 |
| Afghanistan | 52 | 1:618,330 | 7,160 |
| United States | 17 | 1:21,321,114 | 641,998 |
| Congo | 6 | 1:831,516 | 16,072 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
Khost (49) may also be a first name.
Khost Demographics
Average Khost Salary in
United States
$58,712 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Khost Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Khost Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Khost (Arabic: خوست, Marathi: खो, Russian: Хост) is found most in Iran. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Khost? popularity and diffusion
Khost is the 418,171st most commonly held surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 8,769,610 people. The last name Khost is predominantly found in Asia, where 97 percent of Khost live; 90 percent live in South Asia and 89 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 1,430,306th most commonly occurring forename world-wide It is held by 49 people.
This last name is most widely held in Iran, where it is borne by 689 people, or 1 in 111,441. In Iran it is mostly concentrated in: Kurdistan Province, where 20 percent live, Razavi Khorasan Province, where 14 percent live and Khuzestan Province, where 12 percent live. Without taking into account Iran it exists in 9 countries. It is also found in Jordan, where 7 percent live and Afghanistan, where 6 percent live.
Khost Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Khost surname is principally Sunni (100%) in Lebanon.
In The United States Khost are 38.94% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 85.71% being registered with the political party.
Khost earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 36.07% more than the national average, earning $58,712 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Khost Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Khost in the Marathi language | ||
| खो | kho | - |
| Khost in the Russian language | ||
| Хост | host | - |
| Khost in the Arabic language | ||
| خوست | khwst | - |
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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 Khost
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