Grevstad Surname

725,073rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 401 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Grevstad Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Grevstad Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway1951:26,3713,581
United States1401:2,588,992156,804
Sweden311:317,63722,171
Denmark151:376,31425,792
Canada141:2,631,828153,264
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
France11:66,422,722504,397
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Grevstad Last Name Facts

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

The surname Grevstad occurs most in Norway. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Grevstad.

How Common Is The Last Name Grevstad? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 725,073rd most commonly used surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 18,173,431 people. The last name Grevstad is mostly found in Europe, where 61 percent of Grevstad live; 60 percent live in Northern Europe and 60 percent live in Scandinavia.

It is most commonly used in Norway, where it is held by 195 people, or 1 in 26,371. In Norway it is most frequent in: Western Norway, where 42 percent live, Eastern Norway, where 41 percent live and Southern Norway, where 9 percent live. Without taking into account Norway Grevstad occurs in 10 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 35 percent live and Sweden, where 8 percent live.

Grevstad Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Grevstad surname are 7.3% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 60.53% registered with the political party.

The amount Grevstad earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 40.91% more than the national average, earning 487,660 kr per year; in United States they earn 5.26% more than the national average, earning $45,420 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11% less than the national average, earning $44,218 CAD 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 Grevstad
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