Gigstad Surname
Approximately 318 people bear this surname
Gigstad Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 283 | 1:1,280,774 | 90,005 |
| Norway | 35 | 1:146,922 | 18,432 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 9 | 1:5,579,854 | 232,921 |
Gigstad Demographics
Gigstad Political Affiliation
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Gigstad Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gigstad Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gigstad is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Gigstad.
How Common Is The Last Name Gigstad? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 857,026th most frequently occurring surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 22,916,811 people. The last name Gigstad occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 83 percent of Gigstad reside; 83 percent reside in North America and 83 percent reside in Anglo-North America.
Gigstad is most commonly used in The United States, where it is carried by 283 people, or 1 in 1,280,774. In The United States Gigstad is mostly concentrated in: Kansas, where 18 percent reside, Minnesota, where 16 percent reside and Arizona, where 8 percent reside. Not including The United States this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in Norway, where 11 percent reside.
Gigstad Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Gigstad has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Gigstad surname expanded 3,144 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Gigstad Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Gigstad last name are 27.83% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 74.6% registered with the political party.
The amount Gigstad earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Norway they earn 5.79% less than the national average, earning 326,049 kr per year and in United States they earn 8.73% more than the national average, earning $46,918 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gigstead | 93 | 161 | / |
| Gigstadt | 93 | 0 | / |
| Sigstad | 86 | 289 | / |
| Igstadt | 86 | 6 | / |
| Jigstad | 86 | 3 | / |
| Gegstad | 86 | 0 | / |
| Siegstad | 80 | 250 | / |
| Heggstad | 80 | 187 | / |
| Häggstad | 80 | 11 | / |
| Sigstadt | 80 | 0 | / |
| Egstad | 77 | 241 | / |
| Eigkstadt | 75 | 3 | / |
| Gichstead | 75 | 0 | / |
| Hegstad | 71 | 779 | / |
| Jegstad | 71 | 25 | / |
| Jägstad | 71 | 10 | / |
| Eikstad | 71 | 8 | / |
| Ikstadt | 71 | 4 | / |
| Dzigsta | 71 | 1 | / |
| Egstead | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ickstadt | 67 | 510 | / |
| Eikstadt | 67 | 51 | / |
| Eikestad | 67 | 19 | / |
| Hegstead | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ikshtadt | 67 | 2 | / |
| Eichstad | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gaikstas | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hickstad | 67 | 0 | / |
| Hegstadt | 67 | 0 | / |
| Ichstead | 67 | 0 | / |
| Eickstad | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Gigstad
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