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

The surname Owst is found most frequently in England. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Owst.

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

It is the 1,227,038^th most frequently occurring surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 38,355,505 people. The last name Owst occurs mostly in Europe, where 90 percent of Owst reside; 89 percent reside in Northern Europe and 89 percent reside in British Isles.

The last name Owst is most commonly occurring in England, where it is held by 167 people, or 1 in 333,641. In England Owst is most frequent in: East Riding of Yorkshire, where 70 percent live, East Sussex, where 8 percent live and Somerset, where 5 percent live. Excluding England this surname is found in 6 countries. It is also common in New Zealand, where 6 percent live and Australia, where 3 percent live.

Owst Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The incidence of Owst has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Owst surname grew 371 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it grew 300 percent between 1881 and 2014.