Grestad Surname

3,798,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Grestad Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Grestad Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway231:223,57824,793
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534

Grestad Last Name Facts

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

Grestad is more commonly found in Norway than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Grestad click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Grestad? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,798,600th most widely held surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 269,909,108 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Grestad are found; 100 percent are found in Northern Europe and 100 percent are found in Scandinavia.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Norway, where it is held by 23 people, or 1 in 223,578. In Norway it is primarily found in: Eastern Norway, where 83 percent live, Southern Norway, where 13 percent live and Western Norway, where 4 percent live. Outside of Norway Grestad is found in one country. It also occurs in Sweden, where 15 percent live.

Grestad Last Name Statistics demography

Grestad earn notably less less than the average income. In Norway they earn 22.05% less than the national average, earning 269,768 kr per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gresstad935/
Greistad932/
Grezstad932/
Gårestad931/
Gresta92840/
Greszta861,236/
Grostad86116/
Greasta8611/
Grystad868/
Gröstad866/
Grastad861/
Gressta861/
Grestau861/
Grestay860/
Greta83898/
Gresteau8055/
Grastadt801/
Gristead801/
Grieta77366/
Gretha7746/
Grgeta7737/
Gretah7736/
Greata7732/
Gretau7725/
Gretas7725/
Gresto7721/
Greeta7715/
Greita7713/
Grista7713/
Gretta7711/
Gretaa779/
Grzeta778/
Greyta773/
Gretay773/
Gretai771/
Gredta771/
Greathead751,390/
Greethead7536/
Gruistead750/
Greteau71168/
Grastat7142/
Greitas716/
Greetta715/
Greetha714/
Greathhead713/
Griesto711/
Gristau711/
Graista711/
Greatha711/
Gristas711/
Grzesto711/
Gryszta711/
Greatehead710/
Grestey710/
Grietha710/
Gryta671,055/
Grita67831/
Greto67710/
Graishta6770/
Grasztat6714/
Gristeau676/
Gréta674/
Gryszeta672/
Gretteau672/
Gresteit671/
Greettaa671/

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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 Grestad
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