Ingstad Surname

917,199th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 289 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Norway

Ingstad Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ingstad Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1631:2,223,674139,425
Norway1101:46,7486,702
Sweden111:895,16066,831
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Ingstad Last Name Facts

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

Ingstad occurs most in The United States. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ingstad? popularity and diffusion

The surname Ingstad is the 917,199th most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 25,216,422 people. Ingstad occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 55 percent of Ingstad are found; 55 percent are found in North America and 55 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The last name Ingstad is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 163 people, or 1 in 2,223,674. In The United States Ingstad is primarily found in: California, where 29 percent reside, Minnesota, where 15 percent reside and North Dakota, where 14 percent reside. Barring The United States it occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Norway, where 38 percent reside and Sweden, where 4 percent reside.

Ingstad Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Ingstad has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Ingstad last name grew 5,433 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Ingstad Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Ingstad last name are 39.72% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 86.49% registered with the party.

The amount Ingstad earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 6.86% less than the national average, earning 322,350 kr per year and in United States they earn 28.46% more than the national average, earning $55,430 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gingstad936/
Ingstadt930/
Ingstead930/
Engstad86281/
Ungstad8661/
Yngstad864/
Engstead803/
Ungstadt800/
Ungstead800/
Uncstad711/
Hengsta711/
Ungstat710/
Yongstat671/
Henchstead590/
Inkstey570/

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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 Ingstad
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