Rost 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 0
Cornwall 1
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 11
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 5
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 5
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 5
London 7
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 6
Somerset 0
Surrey 3
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 3
Yorkshire 1

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

Rost Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Rost family

Profession Census Frequency
None 4
Scholar 4
Living On Own Means 2
Domestic Servant 2
Living On Private Means 1
Baker 1
Clerk At Chemical Works 1
French Polisher 1
Stay Maker 1
Brick Layer 1
Dress Maker 1
Carman 1
Clerk Commercial 1
Restaurant Porter 1
Agricultural Labourer 1
Commercial Traveller 1
General Domestic Servant 1
House Keeper 1
Clerk 1
Publican 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Rost

Name Census Frequency
William Rost 17
George Rost 13
Mary Rost 13
Elizabeth Rost 12
John Rost 9
Emily Rost 8
Henry Rost 7
Ada Rost 6
Alfred Rost 5
Ann Rost 5
Edward Rost 5
Frederick Rost 5
James Rost 5
Albert Rost 4
Arthur Rost 4
Charles Rost 4
Edith Rost 4
Eliza Rost 4
Samuel Rost 4
Harriett Rost 3
Jane Rost 3
Joseph Rost 3
Kate Rost 3
Minnie Rost 3
Sarah Rost 3

Rost Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Rust 75% 10,538
2 Roast 80% 2,030
3 Rist 75% 1,812
4 Rest 75% 858
5 Reast 60% 641
6 Riste 60% 473
7 Rost 100% 274
8 Roust 80% 234
9 Roost 80% 221

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The surname Rost is the 7th most popular variant of Rust.

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