Obrestad Surname

881,213th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 306 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Obrestad Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Obrestad Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway2771:18,5642,334
United States241:15,102,456529,929
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
England11:55,718,059489,080
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Obrestad Last Name Facts

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

The last name Obrestad (Russian: Обрестад) has its highest incidence in Norway. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Obrestad.

How Common Is The Last Name Obrestad? popularity and diffusion

The surname Obrestad is the 881,213th most commonly occurring family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 23,815,510 people. The surname Obrestad is predominantly found in Europe, where 92 percent of Obrestad reside; 91 percent reside in Northern Europe and 91 percent reside in Scandinavia.

It is most numerous in Norway, where it is borne by 277 people, or 1 in 18,564. In Norway Obrestad is primarily found in: Western Norway, where 82 percent live, Eastern Norway, where 15 percent live and Southern Norway, where 3 percent live. Other than Norway this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 8 percent live and Denmark, where 0 percent live.

Obrestad Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Obrestad earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 19.22% more than the national average, earning 412,598 kr per year and in United States they earn 40.21% more than the national average, earning $60,500 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Obresta931/
Obreta861/
Gobreta801/
Obrzejta756/
Obristea756/
Obrechta754/
Obrita711/
Obristo6716/
Abrista6710/
Obretto676/
Abrieta672/
Habreta671/
Obrytacz635/
Oubrychta598/
Abrita5785/
Avreta5712/
Ovrita573/
Obrito572/
Abreto571/
Abritta53398/
Gabreto5316/
Avhreta5310/
Abristo531/
Abritas531/
Abrieto531/
Abriota531/

Obrestad Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Obrestad in the Russian language
Обрестадobrestad-

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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 Obrestad
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