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

Kost (Hindi: कोस्ट, Russian: Кость) is held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms: Kosť or Köst. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

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

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

This surname is most commonly held in The United States, where it is carried by 4,418 people, or 1 in 82,041. In The United States Kost is primarily concentrated in: Pennsylvania, where 11 percent live, Ohio, where 6 percent live and New York, where 6 percent live. Aside from The United States this surname occurs in 63 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 28 percent live and Ukraine, where 19 percent live.

Kost Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The incidence of Kost has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Kost last name 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 Kost surname is predominantly Orthodox (86%) in Russia and Orthodox (70%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those bearing the Kost last name are 5.82% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national 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.