Friestad Surname

378,019th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 945 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Friestad Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Friestad Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway5141:10,0041,095
United States3731:971,74072,180
Canada371:995,82774,831
Sweden111:895,16066,831
Thailand61:11,773,058553,295
England21:27,859,030389,889
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

Friestad Last Name Facts

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

Friestad is held by more people in Norway than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Friestad? popularity and diffusion

The last name Friestad is the 378,019th most widely held family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 7,711,689 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 56 percent of Friestad live; 56 percent live in Northern Europe and 56 percent live in Scandinavia.

Friestad is most frequently held in Norway, where it is held by 514 people, or 1 in 10,004. In Norway Friestad is most frequent in: Western Norway, where 76 percent live, Eastern Norway, where 13 percent live and Southern Norway, where 11 percent live. Aside from Norway Friestad is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 39 percent live and Canada, where 4 percent live.

Friestad Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Friestad are 44.26% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 91.03% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Friestad earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 2.95% more than the national average, earning 356,295 kr per year; in United States they earn 10.45% less than the national average, earning $38,642 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.62% less than the national average, earning $42,420 CAD per year.

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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 Friestad
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