Gjellstad Surname

2,876,555th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 46 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Norway

Gjellstad Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gjellstad Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States431:8,429,278367,833
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Gjellstad Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gjellstad has its highest incidence in The United States. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Gjellstad click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gjellstad? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,876,555th most commonly held surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 158,424,911 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 93 percent of Gjellstad live; 93 percent live in North America and 93 percent live in Anglo-North America.

It is most prevalent in The United States, where it is borne by 43 people, or 1 in 8,429,278. In The United States Gjellstad is most prevalent in: North Dakota, where 58 percent live, Tennessee, where 16 percent live and Virginia, where 12 percent live. Excluding The United States Gjellstad exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 2 percent live and Norway, where 2 percent live.

Gjellstad Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Gjellstad last name are 38.94% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 85.71% registered with the party.

Gjellstad earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 0.59% more than the national average, earning $43,405 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gjellestad95183/
Gjelstad94370/
Kjellstad8958/
Kjellstadt840/
Kjelstad82343/
Gjølstad82133/
Gjilstad820/
Kjlstad753/
Kjøllestad747/
Kjølstad71468/
Kjölstad7111/
Cslstat508/

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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 Gjellstad
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