Fjelstad Surname

445,853rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 765 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Norway

Fjelstad Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fjelstad Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6521:555,91945,866
Norway761:67,6629,529
Sweden291:339,54323,803
Denmark31:1,881,57267,227
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States191:2,643,089124,494

Fjelstad Last Name Facts

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

The last name Fjelstad occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Fjelstad? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 445,853rd most common surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 9,526,204 people. The surname Fjelstad occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 85 percent of Fjelstad are found; 85 percent are found in North America and 85 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The last name Fjelstad is most widely held in The United States, where it is carried by 652 people, or 1 in 555,919. In The United States it is most prevalent in: Minnesota, where 24 percent live, Wisconsin, where 21 percent live and California, where 10 percent live. Besides The United States this last name is found in 8 countries. It is also found in Norway, where 10 percent live and Sweden, where 4 percent live.

Fjelstad Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Fjelstad has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Fjelstad last name increased 3,432 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Fjelstad Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Fjelstad surname are 8.86% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 55.63% registered with the political party.

The amount Fjelstad earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Norway they earn 7.98% less than the national average, earning 318,475 kr per year and in United States they earn 3.09% more than the national average, earning $44,481 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fjellstad94935/
Fjelestad943/
Fjelstead943/
Fjelstadt940/
Fjelsta9325/
Fjellestad89338/
Fjølstad8836/
Fhelstad882/
Fjelstat881/
Fjlestad881/
Fgelstad881/
Fielstad881/
Fjellstas821/

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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 Fjelstad
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