The jost Surname

jost Name Meaning and History

Dutch and German: from a personal name, a derivative of the Breton personal name Iodoc (see Joyce), or from the personal name Just (see Just).

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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The jost name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the jost family name as far back in history as possible.

jost Family Facts

Name Distribution (US)Name Distribution (UK)Name Distribution (Scotland)Place of Origin Immigration Year Ports of Departure Life Expectancy Occupations Civil War Service

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Distribution of jost Families in the US in 1920

Number of jost families

45-87

16-44

1-15

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Jost / Yost: New York City	zab29024	1
Just beginning research	NMRed1000	0
Gertrud JOST b.1640ish Germany	kimdewald	0
Samuel M. Yost b. Pennsylvania 1830	ermar1	3
JOST-FARR marriage in CA in 1861	danderup	1
Larry Jost	Bob Terhune	0
Jost Family of Ozaukee Co and Milwaukee Wisconsin	Paul Stamm	0
Jost in California	Volker Arth	2
Josts in Missouri	mj377_99	16
Johann Kost and/or Katharina Shildebrandt	sb814	0

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