The Hosten surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 318 people carried this name — #62,903 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 909,100 people counted. That is up 20% from 265 in 2000.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 315 people named Hosten live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in West Flanders.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 56 people named Hosten.
5 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 6 départements, most often Nord.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
Who carried it
People named Hosten,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jennifer Hosten 1947– · writer -
Norbert Hosten 1957– · university teacher
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Xavier Hosten 1981– · actor
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Carlon Hosten 1999– · athletics competitor
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Myles Hosten 2005– · basketball player
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Myles Hosten 2005– · basketball player
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Hosten.
- Horth 215 · U.S. census
- Horvat 1,674 · U.S. census
- Horvath 15,302 · U.S. census
- Hoss 3,033 · U.S. census
- Host 1,519 · U.S. census
- Hoste 199 · U.S. census
- Hostettler 670 · U.S. census
- Hot 397 · U.S. census
- Hotte 303 · U.S. census
- Hottois 109 · U.S. census
- Hotton 177 · U.S. census
- Hotz 1,773 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Hosten is.
A volume says what happened to it.
Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.