Öst Surname
Approximately 1,487 people bear this surname
Öst Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 1,206 | 1:8,165 | 754 |
| Finland | 176 | 1:31,231 | 4,141 |
| Germany | 93 | 1:865,650 | 62,206 |
| Norway | 6 | 1:857,048 | 55,549 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
The alternate forms: Ost (6,784) are calculated separately.
Öst Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Öst Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Öst is found most in Sweden. It can also occur as a variant: Ost. For other possible spellings of Öst click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Öst? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 263,444th most common last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 4,900,838 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Öst are found; 94 percent are found in Northern Europe and 93 percent are found in Scandinavia.
The surname is most commonly used in Sweden, where it is borne by 1,206 people, or 1 in 8,165. In Sweden Öst is most numerous in: Västra Götaland County, where 29 percent reside, Stockholm County, where 15 percent reside and Gävleborg County, where 10 percent reside. Apart from Sweden Öst occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in Finland, where 12 percent reside and Germany, where 6 percent reside.
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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 Öst
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