Folstad Surname

555,669th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 573 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Norway

Folstad Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Folstad Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3101:1,169,22283,615
Norway1831:28,1003,856
Canada581:635,26952,014
France101:6,642,272293,169
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Denmark31:1,881,57267,227
England21:27,859,030389,889
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Folstad Last Name Facts

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

The surname Folstad has its highest incidence in The United States. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Folstad? popularity and diffusion

It is the 555,669th most frequently occurring family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 12,718,230 people. Folstad occurs mostly in The Americas, where 64 percent of Folstad live; 64 percent live in North America and 64 percent live in Anglo-North America.

It is most commonly held in The United States, where it is borne by 310 people, or 1 in 1,169,222. In The United States Folstad is primarily concentrated in: Minnesota, where 38 percent live, Wisconsin, where 19 percent live and California, where 7 percent live. Apart from The United States it is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in Norway, where 32 percent live and Canada, where 10 percent live.

Folstad Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Folstad has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Folstad last name increased 15,500 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Folstad Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Folstad surname are 18.86% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 65.63% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Folstad earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Norway they earn 4.53% less than the national average, earning 330,402 kr per year; in United States they earn 1.38% more than the national average, earning $43,743 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.53% less than the national average, earning $45,944 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Follstad93146/
Folestad9316/
Folstadt937/
Folstead931/
Folsta9229/
Follestad88457/
Falstad86503/
Volstad86232/
Fulstad860/
Follsteadt821/
Vollstad80119/
Fahlstad8063/
Falstead8012/
Volstead809/
Fallstad804/
Fhelstad802/
Volstadt801/
Falstadt800/
Falsta776/
Fallstead7553/
Vollestad7529/
Volsteadt7528/
Vollstadt7514/
Fallestad751/
Valstad71561/
Vollsteadt7112/
Volesta711/
Vullstad677/
Valstead671/
Valstadt670/
Vallestad63316/
Vallstadt630/
Valsta6233/
Faulstaich590/
Falesto5731/
Valesta572/
Vaalsta572/
Vallesta53240/
Faulstey530/
Faulstoch501/

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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 Folstad
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