Kost Family History
Kost Name Meaning
German, Dutch, Czech, etc.: from the personal name Kost,
a vernacular short form of the Latin personal name Constantius
or Constantinus (see Constant, Constantine).Polish, Czech, and German (of Slavic origin): from Slavic
kost ‘bone’, ‘knucklebone’, probably a nickname for a thin,
angular person.Jewish (Ashkenazic): metonymic
occupational name for a grocer, from German Kost ‘provisions’,
‘food’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Kost
Name Distribution of Kost Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Kost families
 44 - 85  15 - 43 |
 1 - 14  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Kost families
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3 - 3 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
| Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Kost last name |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Kost census records
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Kost Family Origin
Kost Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Kost
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Kost Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Kost census records
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Kost Civil War Service Records
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