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Where Does The Last Name Kost Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

Kost (Hindi: कोस्ट, Russian: Кость) is more commonly found in The United States than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Kosť or Köst. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kost? ^{popularity and diffusion}

This last name is the 35,476^th most widespread surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 489,360 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 64 percent of Kost are found; 37 percent are found in Western Europe and 33 percent are found in Germanic Europe. It is also the 366,022^nd most frequently held given name internationally It is held by 531 people.

Kost is most commonly used in The United States, where it is borne by 4,418 people, or 1 in 82,041. In The United States Kost is most frequent in: Pennsylvania, where 11 percent are found, Ohio, where 6 percent are found and New York, where 6 percent are found. Not including The United States Kost exists in 63 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 28 percent are found and Ukraine, where 19 percent are found.

Kost Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The prevalency of Kost has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 1,493 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 422 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Kost Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is predominantly Orthodox (86%) in Russia and Orthodox (70%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those holding the Kost last name are 5.82% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 52.59% registered with the party.

The amount Kost earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 10.19% less than the national average, earning €26,970 per year; in Peru they earn 80.62% more than the national average, earning S/. 35,014 per year; in United States they earn 4.37% more than the national average, earning $45,035 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.08% more than the national average, earning $51,211 CAD per year.