Cost Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 1
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 1
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 1
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 1
London 28
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 2
Rutland 0
Shropshire 1
Suffolk 0
Somerset 3
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Cost Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Cost family

Profession Census Frequency
Female Servant 2
Smith 2
Ostler 1
Ag Labourer 1
Coach Painter 1
Hair Dresser 1
Mariner Store Dealer 1
Nurse 1
Surgical Instrument Maker 1
Teacher 1
Apprentice 1
Independent 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Cost

Name Census Frequency
William Cost 32
Mary Cost 29
John Cost 24
Elizabeth Cost 19
George Cost 14
James Cost 11
Jane Cost 11
Sarah Cost 11
Henry Cost 10
Thomas Cost 10
Charles Cost 9
Frederick Cost 9
Joseph Cost 9
Annie Cost 8
Ann Cost 7
Richard Cost 7
Robert Cost 6
Alice Cost 5
Samuel Cost 5
Eliza Cost 4
Ellen Cost 4
Emma Cost 4
Percy Cost 4
Sophia Cost 3
Susan Cost 3

Cost Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Cast 75% 1,932
2 Costa 80% 1,397
3 Coast 80% 1,370
4 Coste 80% 917
5 Cust 75% 420
6 Cost 100% 382
7 Caste 60% 213

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The surname Cost is the 6th most popular variant of Cast.

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