Heggstad Surname

1,239,697th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 187 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Heggstad Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Heggstad Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway1771:29,0524,000
United States101:36,245,893832,629

Heggstad Last Name Facts

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

The last name Heggstad is found most in Norway. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Heggstad? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,239,697th most frequent last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 38,970,834 people. The last name Heggstad occurs mostly in Europe, where 95 percent of Heggstad live; 95 percent live in Northern Europe and 95 percent live in Scandinavia.

This last name is most widespread in Norway, where it is borne by 177 people, or 1 in 29,052. In Norway Heggstad is primarily concentrated in: Western Norway, where 50 percent are found, Central Norway, where 21 percent are found and Eastern Norway, where 18 percent are found. Beside Norway this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 5 percent are found.

Heggstad Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Heggstad earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 4.31% less than the national average, earning 331,166 kr per year and in United States they earn 21.89% more than the national average, earning $52,594 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hegstad93779/
Häggstad8811/
Hegstead884/
Hegstadt880/
Egstad86241/
Hoegstead823/
Hogstad80880/
Gigstad80318/
Hagstad8051/
Jegstad8025/
Egstead801/
Gegstad800/
Gigstead75161/
Hogstead7543/
Haagstad759/
Ahgstadt751/
Hogstadt750/
Gigstadt750/
Ogstad7135/
Agstad715/
Eigkstadt713/
Hokstad67306/
Ekstadt6719/
Hakstad6719/
Jägstad6710/
Eikstad678/
Igstadt676/
Jigstad673/
Hagstat671/
Ekstead670/
Eckstad670/
Heiskstadt670/
Heuckstadt670/

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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 Heggstad
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