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Gast Name Meaning

German Dutch and Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname for a stranger or newcomer to a community Middle High German gast ‘guest foreigner stranger’ German Gast. It is also found in France (Alsace and Lorraine). German and Swiss German: from a short form of a personal name Gastolf or Arbogast . English (Middlesex and Sussex): variant of Ghost either a nickname from Middle English gost gast ‘spirit angel demon soul ghost’ (Old English gǣst gāst) or a habitational name relating to a lost or as yet unidentified place. French: topographic name for someone who lived on a patch of uncultivated land from Old French gast ‘waste land fallow’.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022


Similar surnames: Gass, Ast, Gust, Gant, Last, Mast, Kast, Nast, Gatt, Bast

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You can see how Gast families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Gast family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1840 and 1920. The most Gast families were found in USA in 1880. In 1911 there were 10 Gast families living in Saskatchewan. This was about 32% of all the recorded Gast's in Canada. Saskatchewan had the highest population of Gast families in 1911.
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What did your Gast ancestors do for a living?

In 1921, Farmer was the top reported job for people in the Canada named Gast. 100% of Gast men worked as a Farmer. .

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*We display top occupations by gender to maintain their historical accuracy during times when men and women often performed different jobs.

Top Male Occupations In 1921

  • Farmer
    100%
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There are 6,000 military records available for the last name Gast. For the veterans among your Gast ancestors, military collections provide insights into where and when they served, and even physical descriptions.

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What is the average Gast lifespan?

Between 1944 and 2004, in the United States, Gast life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1944, and highest in 2000. The average life expectancy for Gast in 1944 was 27, and 78 in 2004.

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