Ast surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Ast surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,113 people carried this name — #22,978 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 263,200 people counted. That is up 5% from 1,065 in 2000.

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In Poland’s population register

289 people named Ast have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 382 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 10 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Greater Poland.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Greater Poland 156
Lubusz 47
Pomeranian 21
Kuyavian-Pomeranian 15
Subcarpathian 14
Lower Silesian 13
Lesser Poland 13
West Pomeranian 5

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 224 people named Ast.

8 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 24 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 8
Haut-Rhin 73
Moselle 68
Alpes-Maritimes 11
Paris 9
Marne 6
Haute-Marne 6
Gers 5
Meurthe-et-Moselle 5

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

160 people named Ast live in Switzerland.

They live in 10 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Bern 63
Solothurn 30
Zurich 20
Schwyz 12
Aargau 9
Lucerne 6
Basel-Landschaft 6
Zug 6

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 21 people named Ast live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in City of Buenos Aires.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

City of Buenos Aires 11
Misiones 10

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

Who carried it

People named Ast,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Georg Anton Friedrich Ast
    Georg Anton Friedrich Ast 1778–1841 · writer
  • Philipp Heinrich Ast
    Philipp Heinrich Ast 1848–1921 · farmer
  • Gottlieb Ast
    Gottlieb Ast 1874–1919 · politician
  • Franz Ast d. 1907 · physician
  • Balthasar van der Ast 1593–1657 · painter
  • Johann Ast 1655–1733 · writer

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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