Hjellestad Surname

1,398,030th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 156 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Hjellestad Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Hjellestad Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway1531:33,6104,715
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

Hjellestad Last Name Facts

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

The surname Hjellestad occurs most in Norway. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Hjellestad? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,398,030th most prevalent last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 46,715,038 people. Hjellestad occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Hjellestad are found; 98 percent are found in Northern Europe and 98 percent are found in Scandinavia.

The surname is most widely held in Norway, where it is borne by 153 people, or 1 in 33,610. In Norway Hjellestad is most frequent in: Western Norway, where 95 percent reside, Eastern Norway, where 4 percent reside and Northern Norway, where 1 percent reside. Not including Norway this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Mexico, where 1 percent reside and Russia, where 1 percent reside.

Hjellestad Last Name Statistics demography

Hjellestad earn marginally less than the average income. In Norway they earn 4.5% less than the national average, earning 330,518 kr 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 Hjellestad
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