Gifstad Surname
Approximately 103 people bear this surname
Gifstad Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norway | 85 | 1:60,497 | 8,623 |
| United States | 18 | 1:20,136,607 | 622,629 |
Gifstad Demographics
Average Gifstad Salary in
United States
$32,875 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Gifstad Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gifstad Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gifstad is most common in Norway. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gifstad? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gifstad is the 1,817,111th most commonly held last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 70,752,873 people. Gifstad is mostly found in Europe, where 83 percent of Gifstad reside; 83 percent reside in Northern Europe and 83 percent reside in Scandinavia.
The surname Gifstad is most widespread in Norway, where it is borne by 85 people, or 1 in 60,497. In Norway Gifstad is primarily concentrated in: Central Norway, where 61 percent are found, Eastern Norway, where 31 percent are found and Northern Norway, where 6 percent are found. Aside from Norway this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 17 percent are found.
Gifstad Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Gifstad earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 20.43% more than the national average, earning 416,787 kr per year and in United States they earn 23.81% less than the national average, earning $32,875 USD 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 Gifstad
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