Fjellstad Surname

381,197th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 935 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Fjellstad Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fjellstad Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway8481:6,064608
United States381:9,538,393399,091
Sweden221:447,58032,003
Canada111:3,349,599180,238
Denmark61:940,78647,603
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
England21:27,859,030389,889
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382

Fjellstad Last Name Facts

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

Fjellstad is found most frequently in Norway. It can occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Fjellstad? popularity and diffusion

The last name Fjellstad is the 381,197th most frequent surname globally, held by around 1 in 7,794,167 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 94 percent of Fjellstad are found; 94 percent are found in Northern Europe and 94 percent are found in Scandinavia.

The last name is most commonly held in Norway, where it is borne by 848 people, or 1 in 6,064. In Norway Fjellstad is most numerous in: Eastern Norway, where 53 percent are found, Northern Norway, where 23 percent are found and Western Norway, where 15 percent are found. Aside from Norway it exists in 11 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 4 percent are found and Sweden, where 2 percent are found.

Fjellstad Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Fjellstad surname are 13.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 60% registered with the political party.

The amount Fjellstad earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 13.12% less than the national average, earning 300,684 kr per year; in United States they earn 6.74% less than the national average, earning $40,242 USD per year and in Canada they earn 18.55% more than the national average, earning $58,898 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fjellestad95338/
Fjelstad94765/
Fjelestad893/
Fjelstead893/
Fjellstas891/
Fjelstadt890/
Fjelsta8825/
Fjølstad8236/
Fhelstad822/
Fjelstat821/
Fjlestad821/
Fgelstad821/
Fielstad821/

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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 Fjellstad
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