Kjerstad Surname

528,890th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 612 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Kjerstad Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kjerstad Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway4001:12,8561,469
United States1851:1,959,237126,399
Sweden111:895,16066,831
Denmark91:627,19136,734
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

Kjerstad Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kjerstad is more commonly found in Norway than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kjerstad? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 528,890th most commonly occurring family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 11,907,755 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 69 percent of Kjerstad live; 69 percent live in Northern Europe and 69 percent live in Scandinavia.

The last name Kjerstad is most frequently held in Norway, where it is held by 400 people, or 1 in 12,856. In Norway it is mostly concentrated in: Western Norway, where 70 percent live, Eastern Norway, where 11 percent live and Central Norway, where 11 percent live. Not including Norway it is found in 6 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 30 percent live and Sweden, where 2 percent live.

Kjerstad Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Kjerstad last name are 38.94% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 85.71% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Kjerstad earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 2.84% less than the national average, earning 336,242 kr per year; in United States they earn 8.7% more than the national average, earning $46,905 USD per year and in Canada they earn 44.19% less than the national average, earning $27,728 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 Kjerstad
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