Fjellestad Surname

821,713th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 338 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Fjellestad Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fjellestad Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway3031:16,9712,087
United States261:13,940,728505,428
Sweden81:1,230,84590,587
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

Fjellestad Last Name Facts

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

Fjellestad has its highest incidence in Norway. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Fjellestad? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 821,713th most frequently occurring surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 21,560,787 people. The last name Fjellestad occurs predominantly in Europe, where 92 percent of Fjellestad reside; 92 percent reside in Northern Europe and 92 percent reside in Scandinavia.

The surname Fjellestad is most frequent in Norway, where it is carried by 303 people, or 1 in 16,971. In Norway it is most common in: Southern Norway, where 45 percent reside, Western Norway, where 26 percent reside and Eastern Norway, where 25 percent reside. Beside Norway this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 8 percent reside and Sweden, where 2 percent reside.

Fjellestad Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Fjellestad earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 2.06% more than the national average, earning 353,212 kr per year and in United States they earn 29.03% less than the national average, earning $30,625 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fjellstad95935/
Fjelestad953/
Fjelstad89765/
Fjlestad891/
Fjelstead843/
Fjellstas841/
Fjelstadt840/
Fjelsta8225/
Fjølstad7836/
Fhelstad782/
Fjelstat781/
Fgelstad781/
Fielstad781/

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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 Fjellestad
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