Cost Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Cost Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Cost family

Profession Census Frequency
Living On Own Means 2
Railway Servant 2
Bread Maker 1
Butchers Assistant 1
General Domestic 1
Market Porter 1
News Vendor Hawker 1
Retired Cabinet Maker 1
Woolen Merchants Warehouse Porter 1
Crofter Cotton Bleach Works 1
Electrician 1
General Labourer 1
Medical Practitioner 1
Shop Assistant Boot Shop 1
Foreman On Farm 1
Labourer 1
Steel Works 1
Stove Grate Fitten 1
Woollen Weaver 1
Labourer Steel Works 1
Hair Dressers Assistant 1
Paviour's Labourer Road Labourer 1
Carpenter 1
Boot Maker 1
Woollen Worsted Waste Picking 1

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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