Bost Family History
Bost Name Meaning
French (central France): variant of Bois.German:
from a reduced form of the personal name Sebastian.North
German: nickname for a self-important man, from Low German bost
‘chest’, ‘breast’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Bost
Name Distribution of Bost Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Bost families
 123 - 243  42 - 122 |
 1 - 41  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Bost families
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9 - 15 4 - 8 |
1 - 3 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Bost families
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3 - 4 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Bost census records
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Bost Family Origin
Bost Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Bost
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Bost Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Bost census records
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Bost Civil War Service Records
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