Ranestad Surname

2,020,555th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 86 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Ranestad Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ranestad Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway611:84,30011,704
Canada161:2,302,849139,666
Chile31:5,872,15852,204
France31:22,140,907385,998
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Ranestad Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ranestad is carried by more people in Norway than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ranestad? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,020,555th most commonly used last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 84,738,906 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 76 percent of Ranestad reside; 72 percent reside in Northern Europe and 72 percent reside in Scandinavia.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Norway, where it is carried by 61 people, or 1 in 84,300. In Norway Ranestad is primarily found in: Southern Norway, where 51 percent are found, Eastern Norway, where 31 percent are found and Western Norway, where 15 percent are found. Aside from Norway this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 19 percent are found and Chile, where 3 percent are found.

Ranestad Last Name Statistics demography

Ranestad earn somewhat less than the average income. In Norway they earn 8.07% less than the national average, earning 318,135 kr per year.

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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 Ranestad
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