Bråstad Surname
Approximately 95 people bear this surname
Bråstad Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norway | 83 | 1:61,955 | 8,821 |
| Sweden | 10 | 1:984,676 | 73,605 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
The alternate forms: Brastad (440) are calculated separately.
Bråstad Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bråstad Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bråstad is found most frequently in Norway. It can occur in the variant forms: Brastad. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bråstad? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,907,068th most widely held family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 76,711,010 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Bråstad live; 98 percent live in Northern Europe and 98 percent live in Scandinavia.
This surname is most common in Norway, where it is carried by 83 people, or 1 in 61,955. In Norway it is most prevalent in: Eastern Norway, where 39 percent live, Western Norway, where 37 percent live and Southern Norway, where 14 percent live. Aside from Norway Bråstad exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Sweden, where 11 percent live and Brazil, where 2 percent live.
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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 Bråstad
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