Koster Family History
Koster Name Meaning
Dutch and North German: status name for a sexton, Middle Dutch
coster(e). CG Compare German Kuster.North German
(Köster): occupational nickname or status name for a day
laborer who owned no land, from Middle Low German koster, from
kossater ‘cottager’.South German: occupational name for a
wine taster, from kosten ‘to taste’.Jewish
(Ashkenazic): occupational name for a grocer or provisioner, from
German Koster ‘provisions’, ‘foodstuffs’ + the agent suffix
-er.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Koster
Name Distribution of Koster Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Koster families
 80 - 157  27 - 79 |
 1 - 26  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Koster families
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31 - 59 11 - 30 |
1 - 10 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Koster families
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2 - 1 2 - 1 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Koster Family Origin
Koster Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Koster
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Koster Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Koster census records
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Koster Civil War Service Records
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