Bolstad Surname

121,143rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,782 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Bolstad Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bolstad Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway1,7451:2,947263
United States1,6411:220,87721,425
New Zealand1801:25,1574,394
Canada1051:350,91031,754
Sweden461:214,06014,843
Australia371:729,61448,196
Faroe Islands61:8,166786
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
England21:27,859,030389,889
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Togo11:7,247,76812,049
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1081:464,98833,280

Bolstad Last Name Facts

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

Bolstad occurs most in Norway. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Bolstad? popularity and diffusion

The last name Bolstad is the 121,143rd most commonly occurring family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 1,926,903 people. The last name Bolstad occurs predominantly in Europe, where 48 percent of Bolstad reside; 48 percent reside in Northern Europe and 48 percent reside in Scandinavia.

The last name is most frequently occurring in Norway, where it is held by 1,745 people, or 1 in 2,947. In Norway it is primarily concentrated in: Eastern Norway, where 49 percent live, Western Norway, where 40 percent live and Northern Norway, where 6 percent live. Without taking into account Norway Bolstad exists in 22 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 43 percent live and New Zealand, where 5 percent live.

Bolstad Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Bolstad has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Bolstad last name expanded 1,519 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Bolstad Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Bolstad surname are 4.45% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 57.68% being registered with the party.

The amount Bolstad earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 2.42% less than the national average, earning 337,719 kr per year; in United States they earn 18.28% more than the national average, earning $51,038 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.66% more than the national average, earning $55,478 CAD per year.

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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 Bolstad
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