Kost (family name)

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Kost is a family name .

variants

Cost, Costa, Chost, Chosti, Koost, Kosto, Koster

Origin and meaning

Roman Constantine . The Christian roots of the name bearers should be expressed and strengthened by the adoption of the name of the Roman emperor Constantine , who introduced Christianity. "Constans" (Latin for permanent).

With the entry in the birth, marriage and death registers from 1876, the spelling "Kost" has remained unchanged in Switzerland.

Occurrence

In Bohemia in connection with the Kost Castle

The name is primarily rooted in central Switzerland in the canton of Lucerne and is still widespread. It has been proven that it appears there for the first time around 1470 in the municipality of Buchrain LU and in 1540 in the municipality of Triengen (canton Lucerne, Switzerland).

Family trees

  • http://www.kost.li/kost/kost.php DE, EN - With the permission of the author, the site is based on the out of print book "Origin, history and chronicle of the Kost sex" by Anna Ineichen-Kost, Littau (LU ), Switzerland.

Name bearer