Kjenstad Surname

839,220th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 328 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Norway

Kjenstad Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kjenstad Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2011:1,803,278118,231
Norway961:53,5657,688
England221:2,532,63991,802
Canada91:4,093,955205,175
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Kjenstad Last Name Facts

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

Kjenstad is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kjenstad? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 839,220th most frequently occurring last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 22,218,128 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 64 percent of Kjenstad are found; 64 percent are found in North America and 64 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most frequent in The United States, where it is carried by 201 people, or 1 in 1,803,278. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: South Dakota, where 28 percent reside, Minnesota, where 24 percent reside and California, where 14 percent reside. Aside from The United States this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Norway, where 29 percent reside and England, where 7 percent reside.

Kjenstad Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Kjenstad has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Kjenstad last name increased 4,020 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Kjenstad Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Kjenstad last name are 2.65% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 55.88% registered with the political party.

The amount Kjenstad earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 7.4% more than the national average, earning 371,686 kr per year; in United States they earn 2.57% more than the national average, earning $44,256 USD per year and in Canada they earn 16.26% less than the national average, earning $41,603 CAD 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 Kjenstad
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