Family name הוסט (Hoste 
, הוסט 
) , all over the world, is quite a rare cognomen. The family name הוסט is characteristic of Western Europe, particularly Belgium, where it is quite a common surname, France, where it is quite a rare surname, and Netherlands, where it is a rare surname. Not in comparison with a country's population, it most frequently occurs in Belgium, France, and the United States. Much less frequently, הוסט is the forename as well as the last name.