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kast Name Meaning and History

  1. North German: variant of Karst. The dropping of ‘r’ before ‘s’ is a regular feature of some north and central German dialects.
  2. German: from an Alemannic short form of the medieval personal name Arbogast.
  3. variant of Gast.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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The kast name in History

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

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Distribution of kast Families in the US in 1920
Number of kast families
 27-52
 10-26		 1-9
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 44 - Messages: 185
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obit fyi: Helen K. Kast. 1922-2008 Nanatothree 0
Kast family in the New York City area miskast 10
Kast family in Germany Nicola Kast 90
L. Laurel Kast, 96, KENNELLYMARKA 0
henry kast william m kast 3
Elise Kast (AKA Elizabeth de Kastique) catherineverdier 0
CHRISTINA KAST OF BERKS CO., PA Mama Ski 0
Mary Jane Kast-Spencer-Haskins carolfrierson 1
George Kast Family born mid to late 1800's dljjkb 1
russian kast enidkast75 0
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