Lunestad Surname

2,091,648th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 81 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Lunestad Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lunestad Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway601:85,70511,873
United States191:19,076,786604,894
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Montenegro11:639,5659,092

Lunestad Last Name Facts

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

The surname Lunestad occurs most in Norway. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Lunestad? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,091,648th most commonly used last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 89,969,703 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 75 percent of Lunestad are found; 74 percent are found in Northern Europe and 74 percent are found in Scandinavia.

The surname is most frequent in Norway, where it is carried by 60 people, or 1 in 85,705. In Norway it is mostly concentrated in: Western Norway, where 75 percent are found, Eastern Norway, where 15 percent are found and Southern Norway, where 8 percent are found. Barring Norway it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 23 percent are found and Brazil, where 1 percent are found.

Lunestad Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Lunestad earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 0.32% less than the national average, earning 344,980 kr per year and in United States they earn 38.47% less than the national average, earning $26,548 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lunnestad946/
Lonestad880/
Luneta864,759/
Linestead820/
Lunetta802,532/
Lunesto8021/
Lunetas801/
Lunheta801/
Luneteau7595/
Lunnetta754/
Lounesto753/
Luneto71350/
Lunita71103/
Loneta717/
Lunetto67681/
Lonesto67202/
Lonetta6746/
Lunitas674/
Lusnita673/
Lunisto672/
Lloneta671/
Lumnita671/
Luinitha639/
Lonnetta631/
Loneathea592/
Lhaunitha591/
Lonita57175/
Lunito577/
Loneto577/
Lonetto53318/
Lonisto5356/
Loeneto5311/
Launito531/
Lonetot530/
Lonnitta501/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Lunestad
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