Leivestad Surname

862,604th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 315 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Leivestad Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Leivestad Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway2471:20,8192,677
United States631:5,753,316282,354
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
England11:55,718,059489,080
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

Leivestad Last Name Facts

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

Leivestad occurs most in Norway. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Leivestad? popularity and diffusion

The surname Leivestad is the 862,604th most frequently held surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 23,135,066 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 79 percent of Leivestad live; 79 percent live in Northern Europe and 79 percent live in Scandinavia.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Norway, where it is borne by 247 people, or 1 in 20,819. In Norway Leivestad is mostly concentrated in: Western Norway, where 60 percent reside, Eastern Norway, where 38 percent reside and Central Norway, where 2 percent reside. Outside of Norway this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 20 percent reside and Brunei, where 0 percent reside.

Leivestad Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Leivestad last name are 16.87% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 63.64% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Leivestad earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 7.16% more than the national average, earning 370,844 kr per year and in United States they earn 24.5% more than the national average, earning $53,720 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Livestead890/
Levesta880/
Levestai821/
Liveta80769/
Leveta8048/
Levetas7533/
Levista756/
Livetah754/
Levetta752/
Lavesta752/
Levesto751/
Leveteau7144/
Leuwesta712/
Lievesto711/
Lievieta711/
Levistay711/
Levessto710/
Levita672,738/
Lebeta67986/
Lebita67691/
Livita67114/
Lewita6778/
Leveto6777/
Laveta6744/
Levyta6740/
Louvestai673/
Leweta672/

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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 Leivestad
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