Jost Family History
Jost Name Meaning
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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Name Distribution of Jost Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Jost families
 45 - 87  16 - 44 |
 1 - 15  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Jost families
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13 - 23 5 - 12 |
1 - 4 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
| Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Jost last name |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Jost census records
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Jost Family Origin
Jost Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Jost
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Jost Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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Jost Civil War Service Records
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