Jost is used as a family name or surname in Germany. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Jost
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Germany
Meaning: Common in Alsace, it is the form of the old Germanic name Josse (qv), from the Latin Judocus. Alternative: Joste (08).

How popular is Jost?

Jost is common in Germany.

Jost is ranked 12676 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Jost bearers increased by 3.323263 per cent in 2010 US census to 4104 since 2000, the surname slipped by 355 spots and ranked at 8076. The last name was found in around 14 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 93.74 96.25
Hispanic or Latino 3.17 1.54
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 1.41 0.53
Others 1.15 0.86
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.41 0.65
Black 0.12 0.18
Jost is quite popular family name mostly used in Germany while Switzerland is ahead in terms of density. Around 41830 people have been found who wears Jost as their family name. Jost is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
918,840 India5
10,542 China4
10,686 Costa Rica3
7,458 Bulgaria3
15,956 Venezuela3
2,754 Namibia3
24,269 Peru2
14,408 Uruguay2
40,064 Nigeria2
26,532 Chile2
7,299 Estonia2
5,859 Mauritius2
993 Guernsey2
40,256 Mexico2
2,168 Suriname2
31,767 Greece2
13,606 Senegal1
10,958 Bangladesh1
123,175 Tanzania1
3,071 Jersey1
28,746 Algeria1
7,191 Afghanistan1
20,172 Hungary1
2,232 French Polynesia1
53,505 Turkey1
9,541 Turkmenistan1
537 Liechtenstein1
7,895 South Korea1
14,644 Tunisia1
880 Djibouti1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
25,746 Finland1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
7,198 Maldives1
2,724 New Caledonia1
26,040 Trinidad and Tobago1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
9,524 Portugal37
29,383 United Arab Emirates31
20,233 Denmark25
11,387 Ireland22
18,457 Scotland20
28,338 Norway20
94,051 Kazakhstan19
15,050 Singapore18
186,451 Ukraine16
7,162 Thailand15
23,990 Serbia11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
8,066 Croatia97
25,821 Netherlands97
29,238 Spain86
12,704 Sweden73
78,184 Italy67
10,189 New Zealand66
126,141 Indonesia60
181,712 Russia52
Countries with hundreds of Jost:
592 Slovenia542
9,456 Canada423
15,860 Poland382
5,479 Belgium327
18,962 Argentina284
6,803 Czech Republic262
27,867 South Africa201
5,435 Slovakia187
26,179 England183
18,088 Australia143
333 Luxembourg125
Countries with thousands of Jost:
6,983 United States5,497
98 Switzerland3,925
1,763 France3,919
5,747 Brazil2,433
483 Austria1,493
Countries with ten thousands of Jost:
263 Germany20,611
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Comments

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Vinita Mcgehee
Jost is a surname common, represents the German and Flemish form of josse, popular form of Judocus this name was popularized by josse saint, brother of judicael king of Brittany, who was devoted to God and lived as a hermit in picardie .

Jost Namesakes

  • Alise Joste, Musical Artist
  • Henry L. Jost, U.S. congressman
  • Matthieu Jost, Ice dancer
  • Carsten Jost, Musical Artist
  • Darwin Joston, Actor
  • Dietmar Jost, Soccer player
  • David Jost, Music Producer
  • Colin Jost, Actor
  • David Jost, Music Producer
  • Dag Jostein Fjærvoll, Politician

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