Myrstad Surname

712,393rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 411 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Myrstad Surname User-submission:

Myrstad is a Norwegian surname, which originally was (and still is) a name of a farm in the north-west county of Møre og Romsdal. The name is a compound name. The first part is myr, meaning 'bog', and the second is stad, meaning 'place' or 'settlement'.

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Myrstad Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway3951:13,0181,491
Sweden71:1,406,680102,017
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
England11:55,718,059489,080
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Myrstad Surname Meaning

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Myrstad is a Norwegian surname, which originally was (and still is) a name of a farm in the north-west county of Møre og Romsdal. The name is a compound name. The first part is myr, meaning 'bog', and the second is stad, meaning 'place' or 'settlement'. The original name was simply "Myre", because the farm is located next to a river, and some of the farmland is a bog. The word, stad, could have been added later as an invention of a new and more modern name. The name changed from "Myre" to "Myrstad" in the 17th century.

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Myrstad Last Name Facts

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

The last name Myrstad is held by more people in Norway than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Myrstad click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Myrstad? popularity and diffusion

It is the 712,393rd most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 17,731,255 people. The last name Myrstad occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of Myrstad live; 98 percent live in Northern Europe and 98 percent live in Scandinavia.

The surname is most commonly used in Norway, where it is borne by 395 people, or 1 in 13,018. In Norway Myrstad is mostly found in: Western Norway, where 35 percent reside, Eastern Norway, where 30 percent reside and Northern Norway, where 21 percent reside. Aside from Norway this surname is found in 8 countries. It is also common in Sweden, where 2 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.

Myrstad Last Name Statistics demography

Myrstad earn around the same as the average income. In Norway they earn 1.13% more than the national average, earning 349,992 kr per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Myhrstad9359/
Merstad866/
Myrstadová821/
Meerstad8019/
Merstadt801/
Märsta772/
Mirsta771/
Meerstadt75126/
Mierstadt750/
Mesrsta713/
Mirstat711/
Mehrshta6722/
Mirstood679/
Mersto621/

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