How common is the surname Kost?

3,522 people in the United States had the surname Kost in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 87,662 Americans. It ranked 9,241st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kost?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Kost identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Kost getting more or less common?

More common. 3,161 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,522 in 2010, up 11%.

The surname Kost

A surname, carried by 3,522 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex K230

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kost is more common than 94.3% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,522 people named Kost in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 87,662 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,161.

#9,241

rank among US surnames

3,522

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+11.4%

change since 2000 (was #9,434)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,234	Porto	3,526	87,563
#9,236	Trader	3,525	87,587
#9,237	Bennet	3,523	87,637
#9,241	Kost	3,522	87,662
#9,245	Kinsman	3,521	87,687

Who is named Kost

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

94% of people named Kost identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kost

Kost has the Soundex code K230, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K230.

Questions

How common is the surname Kost?: 3,522 people in the United States had the surname Kost in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 87,662 Americans. It ranked 9,241st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kost?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Kost identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Kost getting more or less common?: More common. 3,161 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,522 in 2010, up 11%.