Skagestad Surname

963,821st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 270 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Skagestad Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Skagestad Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway2491:20,6522,651
Wales91:343,83718,086
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
England11:55,718,059489,080

Skagestad Last Name Facts

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

The surname Skagestad is found most in Norway. It can occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Skagestad? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 963,821st most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 26,990,911 people. The last name Skagestad is mostly found in Europe, where 96 percent of Skagestad live; 96 percent live in Northern Europe and 92 percent live in Scandinavia.

This last name is most widespread in Norway, where it is held by 249 people, or 1 in 20,652. In Norway Skagestad is mostly found in: Southern Norway, where 50 percent reside, Eastern Norway, where 39 percent reside and Western Norway, where 8 percent reside. Other than Norway this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Wales, where 3 percent reside and The United States, where 3 percent reside.

Skagestad Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Skagestad earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 7.23% more than the national average, earning 371,102 kr per year and in United States they earn 13.51% less than the national average, earning $37,321 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Skogestad8977/
Skacestad891/
Scasetta591/
Scazzetta568/

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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 Skagestad
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