Prestegard Surname

739,868th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 390 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States Virgin Islands

Prestegard Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Prestegard Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2861:1,267,33989,284
Norway941:54,7057,856
United States Virgin Islands31:36,7924,502
El Salvador21:3,171,9446,376
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813

Prestegard Last Name Facts

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

The last name Prestegard is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Prestegard? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 739,868th most commonly occurring family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 18,686,015 people. The surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 73 percent of Prestegard live; 72 percent live in North America and 72 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 286 people, or 1 in 1,267,339. In The United States it is most prevalent in: Minnesota, where 30 percent are found, California, where 15 percent are found and Washington, where 12 percent are found. Barring The United States Prestegard is found in 7 countries. It is also common in Norway, where 24 percent are found and The United States Virgin Islands, where 1 percent are found.

Prestegard Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Prestegard are 25.54% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 72.31% registered with the political party.

The amount Prestegard earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 2.3% less than the national average, earning 338,129 kr per year and in United States they earn 14.85% more than the national average, earning $49,558 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Prestegaard95230/
Prestegar9527/
Praestegard953/
Praestegaard9141/
Prestegord9080/
Prestagard905/
Prestagord801/
Prestigord801/
Pretigar781/
Prettygar744/

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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 Prestegard
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