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
Öst is carried by more people in Sweden than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant: Ost. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Öst? popularity and diffusion
Öst is the 263,444th most frequent family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 4,900,838 people. Öst occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Öst are found; 94 percent are found in Northern Europe and 93 percent are found in Scandinavia.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Sweden, where it is held by 1,206 people, or 1 in 8,165. In Sweden Öst is primarily found in: Västra Götaland County, where 29 percent are found, Stockholm County, where 15 percent are found and Gävleborg County, where 10 percent are found. Other than Sweden this last name is found in 8 countries. It is also found in Finland, where 12 percent are found and Germany, where 6 percent are found.
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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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