Flagstad Surname

617,991st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 498 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Norway

Flagstad Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Flagstad Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2371:1,529,363103,723
Norway1551:33,1764,650
Denmark841:67,1996,734
Sweden171:579,22142,433
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
England11:55,718,059489,080
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States141:3,587,049158,810

Flagstad Last Name Facts

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

The last name Flagstad is found most in The United States. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Flagstad.

How Common Is The Last Name Flagstad? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 617,991st most prevalent last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 14,633,626 people. The last name Flagstad is mostly found in Europe, where 52 percent of Flagstad live; 52 percent live in Northern Europe and 51 percent live in Scandinavia.

The surname Flagstad is most widely held in The United States, where it is held by 237 people, or 1 in 1,529,363. In The United States Flagstad is mostly concentrated in: Wisconsin, where 24 percent reside, California, where 11 percent reside and North Dakota, where 7 percent reside. Apart from The United States this last name occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Norway, where 31 percent reside and Denmark, where 17 percent reside.

Flagstad Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Flagstad has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Flagstad surname grew 1,693 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Flagstad Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Flagstad surname are 6.29% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 53.06% registered with the party.

The amount Flagstad earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 24.84% more than the national average, earning 432,036 kr per year and in United States they earn 5.99% more than the national average, earning $45,735 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Flagstadt9427/
Flagstead9422/
Flakstad88225/
Flogstad88101/
Flögstad888/
Flegstad887/
Floegstad821/
Flekstad7570/
Flakstat750/
Floxta570/

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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 Flagstad
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