Brakstad Surname

547,713th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 584 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Brakstad Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Brakstad Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway4951:10,3881,147
United States691:5,253,028264,570
Canada101:3,684,559191,443
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Brakstad Last Name Facts

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

Brakstad is more frequently found in Norway than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Brakstad.

How Common Is The Last Name Brakstad? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 547,713th most commonly occurring last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 12,478,675 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 86 percent of Brakstad reside; 86 percent reside in Northern Europe and 86 percent reside in Scandinavia.

This last name is most commonly held in Norway, where it is held by 495 people, or 1 in 10,388. In Norway Brakstad is most frequent in: Western Norway, where 85 percent live, Eastern Norway, where 11 percent live and Central Norway, where 2 percent live. Beside Norway it exists in 8 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 12 percent live and Canada, where 2 percent live.

Brakstad Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Brakstad surname are 18.2% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 71.43% registered with the party.

The amount Brakstad earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Norway they earn 0.08% more than the national average, earning 346,345 kr per year; in United States they earn 9.75% less than the national average, earning $38,943 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.1% less than the national average, earning $43,670 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
  • 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 Brakstad
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