Hårstad Surname

614,324th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 502 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Hårstad Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Hårstad Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway4871:10,5591,168
Sweden131:757,44356,422
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Hårstad Last Name Facts

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

Hårstad is held by more people in Norway than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Hårstad? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 614,324th most frequently occurring last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 14,517,024 people. The surname Hårstad is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Hårstad live; 100 percent live in Northern Europe and 100 percent live in Scandinavia.

Hårstad is most frequently held in Norway, where it is carried by 487 people, or 1 in 10,559. In Norway Hårstad is most frequent in: Central Norway, where 72 percent live, Eastern Norway, where 23 percent live and Western Norway, where 4 percent live. Apart from Norway this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Sweden, where 3 percent live and Singapore, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Årstad92189/
Hårsta9214/
Chrstad8621/
Hørstad866/
Hærstad861/
Rstad8310/
Røstad77911/
Ræstad77233/
Ørstad7775/
Råstad7749/
Jrstad7710/
Chrsta771/
Rsta731/
Rørstad71280/
Røsstad71112/
Hrsto67168/
Rstas671/
Rstah671/
Uanrstad670/
Rsthod621/
Chrstos5740/
Chrstoš5716/
Rhstajh571/
Chrstou571/
Rsto551/
Rxta551/
Røsto502/

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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 Hårstad
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