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
Khost Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
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 in Iran more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Khost? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 418,171st most commonly used surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 8,769,610 people. The last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 97 percent of Khost reside; 90 percent reside in South Asia and 89 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Khost is also the 1,430,306th most widespread first name throughout the world, held by 49 people.
Khost is most widely held in Iran, where it is borne by 689 people, or 1 in 111,441. In Iran Khost is primarily concentrated in: Kurdistan Province, where 20 percent reside, Razavi Khorasan Province, where 14 percent reside and Khuzestan Province, where 12 percent reside. Outside of Iran Khost exists in 9 countries. It is also common in Jordan, where 7 percent reside and Afghanistan, where 6 percent reside.
Khost Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name 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 national 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
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- 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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