Garstad Surname

980,795th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 263 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Garstad Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Garstad Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway1701:30,2494,174
Canada381:969,62173,252
Sweden301:328,22522,987
United States121:30,204,911765,334
Denmark101:564,47234,222
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
England11:55,718,059489,080

Garstad Last Name Facts

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

The surname Garstad is held by more people in Norway than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Garstad? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 980,795th most frequent last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 27,709,300 people. The last name Garstad is predominantly found in Europe, where 80 percent of Garstad reside; 80 percent reside in Northern Europe and 80 percent reside in Scandinavia.

The surname Garstad is most commonly occurring in Norway, where it is held by 170 people, or 1 in 30,249. In Norway it is mostly found in: Eastern Norway, where 48 percent reside, Western Norway, where 25 percent reside and Central Norway, where 15 percent reside. Besides Norway Garstad is found in 7 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 14 percent reside and Sweden, where 11 percent reside.

Garstad Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Garstad earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 1.73% more than the national average, earning 352,069 kr per year; in United States they earn 68.36% more than the national average, earning $72,646 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.75% less than the national average, earning $47,822 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Arstad92233/
Garsta9223/
Harstad862,290/
Aarstad86923/
Garstea86861/
Aurstad86274/
Gerstad8620/
Garstha8610/
Arstead864/
Haarstad80556/
Harstead80100/
Gerstadt8068/
Harstadt809/
Aarstead805/
Gierstad804/
Orstad77363/
Garcta773/
Haarstead751/
Haarstadt750/
Goursta71578/
Horstad71106/
Orstead7181/
Orstadt713/
Ghorsta711/
Gorstta711/
Garştea711/
Horstead67449/
Ghorshta671/
Horrstad671/
Haarsstat630/
Orstat620/

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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 Garstad
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