Hegelstad Surname

1,244,200th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 186 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Hegelstad Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Hegelstad Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway1831:28,1003,856
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155

Hegelstad Last Name Facts

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

The surname Hegelstad is found in Norway more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Hegelstad? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,244,200th most common family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 39,180,354 people. The surname Hegelstad is mostly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Hegelstad are found; 99 percent are found in Northern Europe and 99 percent are found in Scandinavia.

This last name is most widespread in Norway, where it is held by 183 people, or 1 in 28,100. In Norway Hegelstad is most common in: Western Norway, where 81 percent reside, Southern Norway, where 11 percent reside and Eastern Norway, where 7 percent reside. Aside from Norway this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 1 percent reside and Denmark, where 1 percent reside.

Hegelstad Last Name Statistics demography

Hegelstad earn somewhat more than the average income. In Norway they earn 11.66% more than the national average, earning 386,420 kr per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Egelstad9476/
Engelstad891,618/
Engelstadt848/
Engelstead845/
Hingelstad841/
Igelstad8247/
Egilstad8219/
Ejelstad821/
Eglestad821/
Englstad821/
Englestad7891/
Ingelstad7824/
Egelsto750/
Englestead7469/
Englestadt741/
Egglesta711/
Englesta710/
Eglesto630/
Inglestadt530/

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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 Hegelstad
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