Kušt

surname · Latin script

Kušt is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. Recorded meaning: 1. dialect variant of a nickname from Czech kust, a dialect form of kost ‘bone’. 2. from the German personal name Kunst 2 or 3.

rarermore common
  • HRCroatia1 in 17K(measured from records)
  • PLPoland1 in 563K
  • CZCzechia1 in 595K

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

321 people, 2010

Sources
21 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 17K (inferred from the name graph)

Croatia

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

1. dialect variant of a nickname from Czech kust, a dialect form of kost ‘bone’. 2. from the German personal name Kunst 2 or 3.

Sources 1

  • Dictionary of American Family Names

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Kušt counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Kušt is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States3211 in 1M336—3
HR Croatia2491 in 17K249Kušt21
PL Poland681 in 563K37——
BR Brazil591 in 3.6M59——
CZ Czechia181 in 595K18——
DK Denmark71 in 838K7——

321 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames); MVČR — living population register 2017; Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Kušt is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name4 spellings in the group

    Also written Kůst, Küst, Kust

  • English surname11 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Germany, United Kingdom, Netherlands

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Kust, Kuest, Küst, Küest, Kueest

  • Danish surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Denmark, Iceland

    Languages: Danish, Icelandic

    Also written Kust

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 2 sources across 1 country.

Official registers attesting Kušt
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
HR CroatiaDZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form)2021249#3,323
HR CroatiaDZS — Učestalost prezimena (Popis 2021)2021212—

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Kušt mean, and where does it come from?
1. dialect variant of a nickname from Czech kust, a dialect form of kost ‘bone’. 2. from the German personal name Kunst 2 or 3. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
In which country does Kušt have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 321 people named Kušt, more than in any other country we hold.
Where is Kušt most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Kušt is densest in Croatia — about 1 in 17 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Kušt?
In the United States, the national register counted 321 people named Kušt in 2010, about 1 in 1.0 million residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Kušt”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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