Gillestad Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Gillestad Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gillestad Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway111:467,48139,375

Gillestad Last Name Facts

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

Gillestad is most common in Norway. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gillestad? popularity and diffusion

The last name Gillestad is the 5,812,366th most widespread surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Gillestad reside; 100 percent reside in Northern Europe and 100 percent reside in Scandinavia.

This last name is most common in Norway, where it is held by 11 people, or 1 in 467,481. In Norway it is primarily found in: Western Norway, where 100 percent live.

Gillestad Last Name Statistics demography

Gillestad earn significantly less than the average income. In Norway they earn 31.79% less than the national average, earning 236,066 kr 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 Gillestad
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