Grimestad Surname

1,214,709th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 193 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Grimestad Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Grimestad Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway1481:34,7454,901
United States411:8,840,462379,649
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Grimestad Last Name Facts

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

Grimestad occurs in Norway more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Grimestad? popularity and diffusion

The surname Grimestad is the 1,214,709th most common family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 37,759,305 people. The surname Grimestad is primarily found in Europe, where 78 percent of Grimestad live; 78 percent live in Northern Europe and 78 percent live in Scandinavia.

The last name Grimestad is most frequently held in Norway, where it is held by 148 people, or 1 in 34,745. In Norway Grimestad is mostly concentrated in: Southern Norway, where 80 percent are found, Eastern Norway, where 14 percent are found and Western Norway, where 6 percent are found. Outside of Norway this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 21 percent are found and Sweden, where 2 percent are found.

Grimestad Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Grimestad are 0.62% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 53.85% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Grimestad earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 20.61% less than the national average, earning 274,754 kr per year and in United States they earn 23.82% more than the national average, earning $53,429 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
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Grimestad
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