Bjørnstad Surname
Approximately 3,249 people bear this surname
Bjørnstad Surname User-submission:
This is a Norwegian surname, denoting a person that came from Bjørnstad ('bear's city'), multiple locations in Norway, most likely referring to the region of Eastern Norway, or south-eastern Norway as a whole.
Bjørnstad Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norway | 3,217 | 1:1,598 | 129 |
| Denmark | 17 | 1:332,042 | 23,714 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Greenland | 1 | 1:56,379 | 1,133 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
The alternate forms: Bjrnstad (46) are calculated separately.
Bjørnstad Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
This is a Norwegian surname, denoting a person that came from Bjørnstad ('bear's city'), multiple locations in Norway, most likely referring to the region of Eastern Norway, or south-eastern Norway as a whole.
- deleted-173293Bjørnstad Demographics
Average Bjørnstad Salary in
Norway
355,916 kr
Per year
Average Salary in
Norway
346,080 kr
Per year
Bjørnstad Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bjørnstad Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bjørnstad is found most in Norway. It may also be found as a variant: Bjrnstad. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bjørnstad? popularity and diffusion
The surname Bjørnstad is the 137,827th most prevalent family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 2,243,012 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Bjørnstad are found; 100 percent are found in Northern Europe and 100 percent are found in Scandinavia.
It is most widely held in Norway, where it is held by 3,217 people, or 1 in 1,598. In Norway Bjørnstad is most prevalent in: Eastern Norway, where 83 percent are found, Western Norway, where 5 percent are found and Northern Norway, where 5 percent are found. Beside Norway it exists in 11 countries. It also occurs in Denmark, where 1 percent are found and Sweden, where 0 percent are found.
Bjørnstad Last Name Statistics demography
Bjørnstad earn around the same as the average income. In Norway they earn 2.84% more than the national average, earning 355,916 kr per year.
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Footnotes
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