Selstad Surname

655,080th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 460 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Selstad Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Selstad Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway2631:19,5522,491
United States1851:1,959,237126,399
Sweden91:1,094,08481,336
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States111:4,565,335193,764

Selstad Last Name Facts

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

Selstad is found in Norway more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Selstad? popularity and diffusion

The surname Selstad is the 655,080th most frequently held surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 15,842,491 people. The surname Selstad occurs predominantly in Europe, where 59 percent of Selstad live; 59 percent live in Northern Europe and 59 percent live in Scandinavia.

This surname is most commonly used in Norway, where it is held by 263 people, or 1 in 19,552. In Norway Selstad is primarily found in: Eastern Norway, where 44 percent are found, Northern Norway, where 29 percent are found and Western Norway, where 21 percent are found. Not including Norway it occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 40 percent are found and Sweden, where 2 percent are found.

Selstad Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Selstad has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Selstad surname expanded 1,682 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Selstad Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Selstad surname are 23.68% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 70.45% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Selstad earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 4.84% less than the national average, earning 329,324 kr per year and in United States they earn 18.74% more than the national average, earning $51,233 USD 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
  • 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 Selstad
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