Almestad Surname

1,281,391st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 178 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Almestad Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Almestad Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway1561:32,9634,617
Sweden101:984,67673,605
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
England11:55,718,059489,080
Poland11:38,008,749231,653

Almestad Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Almestad Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Almestad is more commonly found in Norway than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Almestad.

How Common Is The Last Name Almestad? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,281,391st most commonly occurring last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 40,941,269 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 96 percent of Almestad are found; 94 percent are found in Northern Europe and 94 percent are found in Scandinavia.

The surname is most widespread in Norway, where it is held by 156 people, or 1 in 32,963. In Norway Almestad is primarily concentrated in: Western Norway, where 65 percent are found, Eastern Norway, where 20 percent are found and Central Norway, where 8 percent are found. Other than Norway Almestad is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Sweden, where 6 percent are found and The United States, where 4 percent are found.

Almestad Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Almestad earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 18.13% more than the national average, earning 408,822 kr per year and in United States they earn 20.33% less than the national average, earning $34,375 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Almestas8889/
Elmestad885/
Almeta86424/
Holmestad8271/
Olmestead825/
Allmeta80700/
Almista8039/
Almeita808/
Almetaj807/
Almesto807/
Almetta803/
Almeata801/
Holmestead782/
Almeataz75199/
Almistas7574/
Allmetaj7553/
Almestoy7517/
Almettaz754/
Olmeta71734/
Almita7120/
Olmastead711/
Almaita6713/
Olmetta6713/
Almitas678/
Almoita671/
Almaaita6310/
Almaitah639/
Halmisto637/
Almaaitah5927/
Almaaytah597/
Olmeto571/
Olmetto5321/
Olmitha531/
Holmisto5010/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Almestad
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