Ballestad Surname
Approximately 300 people bear this surname
Ballestad Surname User-submission:
The surname is from the name of a place in Telemark, Norway. People with this surname have a connection to a few families that chose the name of this place as their surname.
Ballestad Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norway | 277 | 1:18,564 | 2,334 |
| United States | 16 | 1:22,653,683 | 662,747 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Ballestad Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The surname is from the name of a place in Telemark, Norway. People with this surname have a connection to a few families that chose the name of this place as their surname.
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Average Ballestad Salary in
United States
$53,625 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Ballestad Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ballestad Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ballestad is borne by more people in Norway than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ballestad? popularity and diffusion
It is the 893,754th most frequently occurring family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 24,291,820 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 93 percent of Ballestad reside; 93 percent reside in Northern Europe and 93 percent reside in Scandinavia.
This surname is most commonly used in Norway, where it is borne by 277 people, or 1 in 18,564. In Norway Ballestad is most common in: Eastern Norway, where 71 percent are found, Southern Norway, where 23 percent are found and Western Norway, where 4 percent are found. Other than Norway this last name occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 5 percent are found and Brazil, where 1 percent are found.
Ballestad Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Ballestad last name are 53.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 100% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Ballestad earn in different countries varies marginally. In Norway they earn 21.34% more than the national average, earning 419,939 kr per year and in United States they earn 24.28% more than the national average, earning $53,625 USD per year.
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Footnotes
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