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The JOST surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 3,972 7721 0.001 15
United States (1880 census) 851 6228 0.002 17
Change since 1880 +3121 -1493 -0.001 -2
Other Countries
Australia 73 18609 0 4
United Kingdom 0 0
Top States for JOST by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Missouri 426 1605 0.008 76
California 346 7464 0.001 10
Texas 284 6485 0.001 14
Minnesota 244 2417 0.005 50
Wisconsin 239 2921 0.004 45
Top States for JOST by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
South Dakota 63 1619 0.008 83
Missouri 426 1605 0.008 76
Kansas 194 1524 0.007 72
North Dakota 34 3067 0.005 53
Minnesota 244 2417 0.005 50

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called JOST live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called JOST represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called JOST in Missouri than any other state, but you are more likely to find a JOST by picking someone at random in South Dakota than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of JOST

Region of origin: Europe

Country of origin: Germany

Language of origin: German

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the JOST surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of JOST in the USA

Classification Total Percent
White (Hispanic) 61 1.54
Mixed Race 34 0.86
Native American/Alaskan 26 0.65
Asian/Pacific 21 0.53
Black/African American 7 0.18
White (Caucasian) 3,823 96.25

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the JOST surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of JOST in historical publications

Sorry, we don't have any information on the meaning of JOST.

Similar names to JOST

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as JOST.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for JOST

The following words are slight variants of JOST that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.