Gjestvang Surname
Approximately 431 people bear this surname
Gjestvang Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norway | 309 | 1:16,642 | 2,035 |
| United States | 118 | 1:3,071,686 | 178,560 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Gjestvang Demographics
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Gjestvang Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gjestvang Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gjestvang is found in Norway more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gjestvang? popularity and diffusion
Gjestvang is the 687,524th most commonly used family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 16,908,459 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 72 percent of Gjestvang reside; 72 percent reside in Northern Europe and 72 percent reside in Scandinavia.
Gjestvang is most widespread in Norway, where it is held by 309 people, or 1 in 16,642. In Norway Gjestvang is most common in: Eastern Norway, where 89 percent are found, Southern Norway, where 4 percent are found and Central Norway, where 3 percent are found. Other than Norway this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 27 percent are found and France, where 0 percent are found.
Gjestvang Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Gjestvang has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Gjestvang last name grew 11,800 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Gjestvang Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Gjestvang last name are 26.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 80% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Gjestvang earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Norway they earn 6.99% more than the national average, earning 370,281 kr per year and in United States they earn 16.91% more than the national average, earning $50,445 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
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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
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