Brynestad Surname

980,795th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 263 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Brynestad Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Brynestad Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway1491:34,5124,871
United States1121:3,236,240185,654
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Brynestad Last Name Facts

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

The last name Brynestad is borne by more people in Norway than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Brynestad? popularity and diffusion

Brynestad is the 980,795th most widely held surname globally, held by around 1 in 27,709,300 people. The last name Brynestad occurs mostly in Europe, where 57 percent of Brynestad reside; 57 percent reside in Northern Europe and 57 percent reside in Scandinavia.

The surname Brynestad is most commonly occurring in Norway, where it is held by 149 people, or 1 in 34,512. In Norway Brynestad is most prevalent in: Eastern Norway, where 55 percent are found, Western Norway, where 44 percent are found and Central Norway, where 1 percent are found. Outside of Norway it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 43 percent are found and Denmark, where 0 percent are found.

Brynestad Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Brynestad are 3.91% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 57.14% being registered with the political party.

The amount Brynestad earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Norway they earn 1.64% less than the national average, earning 340,391 kr per year and in United States they earn 10.23% more than the national average, earning $47,564 USD 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 Brynestad
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