Yost Family History
Yost Name Meaning
Americanized spelling of German Jost, a variant of
Joos, or of Dutch Joost.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Yost Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Yost families
 378 - 754  127 - 377 |
 1 - 126  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Yost families
|
12 - 21 5 - 11 |
1 - 4 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
| Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Yost last name |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Yost census records
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Yost Family Origin
Yost Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Yost
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Yost Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Yost census records
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Yost Civil War Service Records
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