Bjørstad Surname

1,189,614th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 199 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Bjørstad Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Bjørstad Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway1981:25,9713,506
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
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  • Average Salary in:
    Norway

Bjørstad Demographics

Average Bjørstad Salary in
Norway

345,229 kr

Per year
Rank:
24,650 of 73,091
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.00424889
Rank: 3,479 of 73,091
Percentage of national average salary:
99.75%
Sample size: 96 (2014)

Average Salary in
Norway

346,080 kr

Per year
Per month:
28,840 kr
Per week:
6,409 kr
Per day:
948 kr

View the highest/lowest earning families in Norway

Bjørstad Last Name Facts

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

Bjørstad occurs most in Norway. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Bjørstad? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,189,614th most prevalent surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 36,620,834 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Bjørstad live; 100 percent live in Northern Europe and 100 percent live in Scandinavia.

The surname Bjørstad is most widely held in Norway, where it is held by 198 people, or 1 in 25,971. In Norway Bjørstad is most prevalent in: Western Norway, where 32 percent live, Eastern Norway, where 27 percent live and Northern Norway, where 25 percent live. Other than Norway this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Denmark, where 1 percent live.

Bjørstad Last Name Statistics demography

Bjørstad earn marginally less than the average income. In Norway they earn 0.25% less than the national average, earning 345,229 kr per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Berstad80403/
Bärstad803/
Birstad800/
Øverstad7570/
Berstadt752/
Berstead750/
Høverstad7132/
Bershtadt7111/
Bierstadt713/
Bersta712/
Bearstead712/
Brzrrstad711/
Wirstad6787/
Verstad6776/
Werstad6726/
Biersteadt671/
Biersta670/
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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Bjørstad
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