Murstad Surname

2,312,869th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 68 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Murstad Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Murstad Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway601:85,70511,873
Sweden71:1,406,680102,017
England11:55,718,059489,080

Murstad Last Name Facts

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

The last name Murstad is more frequently found in Norway than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Murstad? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,312,869th most commonly held family name globally, held by around 1 in 107,169,793 people. The surname Murstad occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Murstad are found; 100 percent are found in Northern Europe and 99 percent are found in Scandinavia.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Norway, where it is borne by 60 people, or 1 in 85,705. In Norway it is most numerous in: Eastern Norway, where 90 percent are found, Southern Norway, where 7 percent are found and Western Norway, where 3 percent are found. Barring Norway this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Sweden, where 10 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.

Murstad Last Name Statistics demography

Murstad earn somewhat more than the average income. In Norway they earn 7.14% more than the national average, earning 370,793 kr per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Maurstad93479/
Mursta922/
Maurstead881/
Muhrstadt880/
Morstad86646/
Morstadt80200/
Morstead8025/
Morsthead750/
Mierstadt750/
Mirstat711/
Murstey710/
Morstatt6776/
Mirstood679/
Morštadt674/
Morsteath630/

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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 Murstad
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