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

Family Name / Last Name: Yost
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Germany
Meaning:

A form of the Yust. Descendant of Joost meaning "the just".

A variation of Jost. Descendant of Jodocus meaning "fighter," or of Justinus meaning "the just".

Lastname Yost is a variant of Joost. Descendant of Joost or Just meaning "the just".

Descendant of Jodocus meaning "fighter".

How popular is Yost?

Yost is common in United States, Argentina, Canada, Australia, England.

Yost is ranked 19583 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Yost bearers increased by 1.32 per cent in 2010 US census to 19210 since 2000, the surname slipped by 136 spots and ranked at 1869. The last name was found in around 7 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 95 96.51
Hispanic or Latino 2.09 1.17
Others 1.32 0.95
Black 0.69 0.62
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.59 0.51
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.32 0.25
Yost is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in United States which signifies its United States provenence. Around 28023 people have been found who wears Yost as their family name. Yost is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with ten thousands of Yost:
1,711 United States26,368
Countries with hundreds of Yost:
7,125 Argentina508
9,595 Canada425
13,694 Australia216
29,288 England127
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
55,832 Ukraine99
7,170 Dominican Republic54
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
191,585 Russia37
206,332 Brazil22
20,770 New Zealand22
13,939 Uruguay21
196,901 Germany15
16,471 Scotland14
26,155 Chile11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
476,604 Thailand8
47,042 Japan8
488,268 Indonesia8
249,062 Philippines6
37,744 Bulgaria6

Immigrants to US

From Germany

Heinrich Yost from Germany aboard the Weser from Bremen on December 18, 1887. He is registered to be 9 years old when he arrived in USA. Wilhelmina Yost, August Yost (25) Saddler, Auguste Yost (7 months old), Caroline Yost (23), 7 years old Anna Yost, Anna Yost (36), Christian Yost (5), Christian Yost, aged 16, and 14 other Yost around 40% of whom were tailor migrated to US.

Yost Namesakes

  • Casper Yost, longtime editor of the 'St
  • Jacob Senewell Yost, American politician
  • Gilbert Yost, New York criminal and burglar associated with George Leslie and later the Dutch Mob
  • Michèl Yost, famous French clarinetist and cofounder of the French clarinet school
  • David Yost, American actor and producer
  • Fielding H. Yost, American football player
  • Charles Yost, career U.S. diplomat
  • Elwy Yost, Canadian television host, best
  • Graham Yost, Canadian film and television screenwriter
  • Ned Yost, former Major League Baseball catcher and current manager of the Kansas City Royals
  • Eddie Yost, American professional baseball player and coach
  • Ed Yost, American inventor of the modern hot air balloon and is referred to as the "Father of the Modern Day Hot-Air Balloon
  • Christopher Yost, American film, animation, and comic book writer best known as the head writer of the Marvel Comics animated series 'The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes' and co-writer of the comic book series 'X-23: Innocence Lost', 'X-23: Target X'

Yost Namesakes

  • Casper Yost, longtime editor of the 'St
  • Jacob Senewell Yost, American politician
  • Gilbert Yost, New York criminal and burglar associated with George Leslie and later the Dutch Mob
  • Michèl Yost, famous French clarinetist and cofounder of the French clarinet school
  • David Yost, American actor and producer
  • Fielding H. Yost, American football player
  • Charles Yost, career U.S. diplomat
  • Elwy Yost, Canadian television host, best
  • Graham Yost, Canadian film and television screenwriter
  • Ned Yost, former Major League Baseball catcher and current manager of the Kansas City Royals
  • Eddie Yost, American professional baseball player and coach
  • Ed Yost, American inventor of the modern hot air balloon and is referred to as the "Father of the Modern Day Hot-Air Balloon
  • Christopher Yost, American film, animation, and comic book writer best known as the head writer of the Marvel Comics animated series 'The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes' and co-writer of the comic book series 'X-23: Innocence Lost', 'X-23: Target X'

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