Linnestad Surname

1,364,059th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 162 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Linnestad Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Linnestad Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway1551:33,1764,650
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Barbados11:287,4482,772
England11:55,718,059489,080
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Linnestad Last Name Facts

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

The surname Linnestad is found in Norway more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Linnestad? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,364,059th most numerous last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 44,984,851 people. The surname Linnestad is mostly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Linnestad are found; 98 percent are found in Northern Europe and 98 percent are found in Scandinavia.

The surname Linnestad is most commonly used in Norway, where it is borne by 155 people, or 1 in 33,176. In Norway Linnestad is most common in: Eastern Norway, where 97 percent are found, Southern Norway, where 1 percent are found and Western Norway, where 1 percent are found. Besides Norway Linnestad occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Denmark, where 1 percent are found and Australia, where 1 percent are found.

Linnestad Last Name Statistics demography

Linnestad earn around the same as the average income. In Norway they earn 1.52% more than the national average, earning 351,334 kr per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Linnesta941/
Lønnestad8943/
Lennestad8910/
Lännestad896/
Linneta881/
Linnetta821/
Linnita7529/
Lionnita719/
Lynnetta712/
Lennetta711/
Llneta678/
Limnitta5918/
Lynnetoh591/
Lynnitta591/
Lneto571/

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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 Linnestad
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