Lerstad Surname

1,136,896th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 212 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Lerstad Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lerstad Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway1871:27,4993,760
United States241:15,102,456529,929
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

Lerstad Last Name Facts

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

Lerstad is found most frequently in Norway. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Lerstad click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lerstad? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,136,896th most prevalent last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 34,375,217 people. The surname Lerstad occurs mostly in Europe, where 88 percent of Lerstad reside; 88 percent reside in Northern Europe and 88 percent reside in Scandinavia.

The last name is most frequently used in Norway, where it is carried by 187 people, or 1 in 27,499. In Norway it is mostly found in: Central Norway, where 49 percent reside, Eastern Norway, where 23 percent reside and Western Norway, where 21 percent reside. Beside Norway this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 11 percent reside and Brazil, where 0 percent reside.

Lerstad Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Lerstad surname are 6.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 60% being registered with the party.

The amount Lerstad earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 6.49% more than the national average, earning 368,546 kr per year and in United States they earn 96.84% more than the national average, earning $84,933 USD 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 Lerstad
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