Kast

See also: kast, kaśt, and каст

English

Etymology

• As a German surname, spelling variant of Karst, the dropping of the r being common in northern dialects, from the noun Karst (“hoe, mattock”).
• As an Alemannic German surname, from the medieval personal name Arbogast.
• Also see Gast.

Proper noun

Kast (plural Kasts)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Kast is the 14549^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2048 individuals. Kast is most common among White (95.17%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Kast”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 281.

Anagrams

• AKST, KTAS, askt, kats, skat, task