Frestad Surname

1,701,480th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 115 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Frestad Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Frestad Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway1011:50,9147,301
Sweden91:1,094,08481,336
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
England11:55,718,059489,080
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426

Frestad Last Name Facts

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

The last name Frestad is more commonly found in Norway than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Frestad? popularity and diffusion

The surname Frestad is the 1,701,480th most frequently occurring family name internationally, held by around 1 in 63,369,964 people. Frestad occurs predominantly in Europe, where 97 percent of Frestad live; 97 percent live in Northern Europe and 97 percent live in Scandinavia.

The surname Frestad is most common in Norway, where it is borne by 101 people, or 1 in 50,914. In Norway Frestad is most common in: Southern Norway, where 73 percent reside, Eastern Norway, where 18 percent reside and Western Norway, where 9 percent reside. Besides Norway it exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Sweden, where 8 percent reside and The United States, where 2 percent reside.

Frestad Last Name Statistics demography

Frestad earn somewhat less than the average income. In Norway they earn 9.88% less than the national average, earning 311,898 kr per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Friestad93945/
Froestad93101/
Fredstad9346/
Freestad9333/
Freistad931/
Frestadt930/
Fresta922,004/
Fjærestad88190/
Freistadt88165/
Færgestad8891/
Friestadt8870/
Friestead884/
Freestead883/
Freystadt883/
Frejsztad882/
Freistead881/
Frostad861,086/
Fristad86420/
Fretaud8639/
Fröstad8625/
Friesta8622/
Frestas8616/
Freitad867/
Freshta865/
Frestaj862/
Frestha861/
Freta8363/
Freyshtadt8235/
Frejsztadt8220/
Freedstadt824/
Frøystad80276/
Froistad80150/
Freistat80113/
Froystad8031/
Frydstad8022/
Freistas8016/
Freteaud8010/
Fhrestha808/
Freitasd803/
Freishta801/
Frostead801/
Freitads801/
Frestate801/
Frejstat801/
Freeshta801/
Frystadt800/
Freita771,690/
Fretta77789/
Fresto77394/
Fretay77344/
Frista77212/
Fretas77173/
Freyta77151/
Freeta777/
Fretha773/
Fretat772/
Frieta771/
Vresta771/
Frezta771/
Fretah771/
Frreta770/
Freishtat7579/
Freestate7522/
Frejsztat7511/
Frishtadt757/
Froistead752/
Freestash752/
Freisztau751/
Frysztadt751/
Freisztay751/
Frreistas751/
Freesteat750/
Freitas71552,063/
Freytas71223/
Vreshta7136/
Freteau7134/
Frretas7116/
Freitaz7114/
Fristha718/
Frettas718/
Frishta716/
Fridsta713/
Freitah713/
Freatas712/
Frétaud712/
Freïtas712/
Freitat711/
Freitay711/
Freusto711/
Frostat711/
Vhresta711/
Freitta711/
Fristas711/
Friesto711/
Frietta711/
Freitaa711/
Frietay710/
Freetas710/
Freytay710/
Freitea710/
Frita67163/
Fryta67155/
Fretault67141/
Freittas6741/
Fraistat6736/
Freto6717/
Freitass6711/
Freitaas678/
Hfreitas677/
Ffreitas677/
Fristeau674/
Freitais674/
Frreitas673/
Freitast671/
Fretteau671/
Fréteaud671/
Frischta671/
Vfreitas671/
Frheitas671/

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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 Frestad
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