Grefstad Surname

1,058,336th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 236 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Grefstad Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Grefstad Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway2011:25,5843,445
Denmark221:256,57819,736
Sweden71:1,406,680102,017
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
England21:27,859,030389,889
Iceland11:380,09011,096

Grefstad Last Name Facts

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

The surname Grefstad is more frequently found in Norway than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Grefstad? popularity and diffusion

The surname Grefstad is the 1,058,336th most commonly held last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 30,879,432 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Grefstad reside; 99 percent reside in Northern Europe and 98 percent reside in Scandinavia.

It is most widespread in Norway, where it is carried by 201 people, or 1 in 25,584. In Norway Grefstad is most frequent in: Central Norway, where 47 percent are found, Eastern Norway, where 25 percent are found and Southern Norway, where 12 percent are found. Apart from Norway this last name is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Denmark, where 9 percent are found and Sweden, where 3 percent are found.

Grefstad Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Grefstad earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 10.94% more than the national average, earning 383,936 kr per year and in United States they earn 61.76% less than the national average, earning $16,500 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
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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 Grefstad
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